This week we will have a thread titled
"Know your constitution"

The Constitution of India contains 395 articles in 22 parts and 12 schedules
There also 5 appendices in the Indian Constitution.

It consists of approximately 145,000 words, making it the second largest active constitution in the world.
It has been amended 104 times the last one being the 104th amendment which extended reservation for SC/ST communities by 10 years and removed reservation for Anglo Indians.

The first amendment happened in 1951 and led to Fundamental rights guaranteed to us being curtailed in the name of public order .
More about the same can be read here . https://twitter.com/CodeNameProteus/status/1374920686313988101?s=20

The constitution of India was adopted by the Constitution Assembly which had Dr B.R. Ambedkar as it's chairman on the 26th of November 1949 but came into effect on the 26th of January, 1950.

The Constitution starts with the Preamble (Amended by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment (1976)) and moves on to Part 1 Article 1

Part I of Indian Constitution is titled The Union and its Territory. It includes articles from 1- 4. Part I is a compilation of laws pertaining to the the states that India is made of.

Part II of the Constitution of India (Articles 5-11) deals with the Citizenship of India .
Article 11 gave powers to the Parliament of India to regulate the right of citizenship by law. This provision is the one which allowed the Citizenship amendment act to be passed .

Part III of the Indian Constitution (Articles 12-35) talks about Fundamental Rights.
The Most important fundamental rights are articles 14,19 and 21 .
Threads on Article 12 and Article 14 are linked below

https://twitter.com/CodeNameProteus/status/1377456400364761094?s=20

https://twitter.com/CodeNameProteus/status/1381862029191880705?s=20

Part IV of the Indian Constitution (Articles 36 - 51) deals with Directive Principles of our State Policy (DPSP). Uniform Civil Code can be found here under Article 44 .

PART IV-A deals with Fundamental Duties listed in Article (51A)

PART V Article (52 to 151) deals with duties and functions of the President, Prime Minister, Ministers, Attorney General, Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Comptroller and Auditor General.

PART VI Article (152 to 237) deals with the duties, functions of a Chief Minister and his Ministers, Governor, State Legislature, High courts and the Advocate General of the State.

PART VII THE STATES IN PART B OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE Article (238) was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956.

PART VIII Article (239 to 242) deals with
The procedures for administration and provisions related to Union Territories and the special character of Delhi as National Capital Territory.
Article 242 was repealed by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956

PART IX Article (243 to 243 O) deals with Articles 243 to 243O describes the Constitution of Panchayats and Gram Sabha
This part also details the procedures for financial management, audits and applications of the Panchayats.

The Eleventh Schedule which contains the provisions that specify the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayat was added by the Seventy Third Amendment in 1992.

PART IX-A Article (243P to 243 ZG) deals with the Constitution of Municipalities ,powers, authority & responsibilities of the Municipality.
The Twelfth Schedule was added by the Seventy Fourth Amendment in 1992 and lists powers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities.

PART X Article (244 to 244A) describes the procedures for administration for Scheduled and Tribal Areas
The provisions of the Fifth Schedule control the Scheduled areas and Tribes with the exception of the North eastern states where the provision of Sixth Schedule shall apply.

PART XI Article (245 to 263) deals with Relations between the Union and States
The power of Parliament to legislate in the State list for national interest, in proclamation of emergency is prescribed in this part.

Article 262 provides for adjudication of disputes relating to waters and interstate rivers (Something which is frequently in the news due to the Kaveri water dispute)

PART XII Article (264 to 300A) deals with the distribution of revenue between Union and States .Here the GST has made a few important amendments.

Article 269A
This article says that in case of the inter-state trade, the tax will be levied and collected by the Government of India and shared between the Union and States as per recommendation of the GST Council.

Article 279A
This Article provides for Constitution of a GST Council by President within sixty days from this act coming into force.

The GST Council will constitute the following members,

Union Finance Minister as Chairman of the council
Union Minister of State in charge of Revenue or Finance
One nominated member from each State who is in charge of Finance or Taxation.

This thread will be concluded tomorrow