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VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

The constitution of India has borrowed most of its provisions from the constitutions of various other countries.

Provision	Sources
Parliamentary form of Govt.	U.K
Rule of Law	U.K
Fundamental Rights	U.S.A
Republic	French
Fundamental Duties	Former USSR
Directive Principle of State Policy	Ireland
Method of Election of President	Ireland
Concurrent List	Australia
Process to amend the Constitution	South Africa
Single Citizenship	Britain (U.K)
Federation with strong centre	Canada

In Detail

1. Government of India Act of 1935 - Federal Scheme, Office of governor, Judiciary, Public Service Commissions, Emergency provisions and administrative details.
2. British Constitution - Parliamentary government, Rule of Law, legislative procedure, single citizenship, cabinet system, prerogative writs, parliamentary privileges and bicameralism.
3. US Constitution - Fundamental rights, independence of judiciary, judicial review, impeachment of the president, removal of Supreme Court and high court judges and post of vice-president.
4. Irish Constitution - Directive Principles of State Policy, nomination of members to Rajya Sabha and method of election of president.
5. Canadian Constitution - Federation with a strong Centre, vesting of residuary powers in the Centre, appointment of state governors by the Centre, and advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
6. Australian Constitution - Concurrent List, freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse, and joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
7. Weimar Constitution of Germany - Suspension of Fundamental Rights during Emergency.
8. Soviet Constitution (USSR, now Russia) - Fundamental duties and the ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble.
9. French Constitution - Republic and the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble.
10. South African Constitution - Procedure for amendment of the Constitution and election of members of Rajya Sabha.
11. Japanese Constitution - Procedure established by Law.

Parts of The Indian Constitution

Parts                    Subject Matter                                   Articles Covered
I                          The Union and its territory                     1 to 4
II                         Citizenship                                            5 to 11
III                        Fundamental Rights                               12 to 35
IV                       Directive Principles of State Policy            36 to 51
IV-A                     Fundamental Duties                               51-A
V                         The Union Government                           52 to 151
VI                       The State Governments                           152 to 237
VIII                     The Union Territories                               239 to 242
IX                        The Panchayats                                      243 to 243-0
IX-A                     The Municipalities                                   243-P to 243-ZG

IX-B                    The Co-operative Societies                       243-ZH-243-ZT
X                         The Scheduled and Tribal Areas                244 to 244-A
XI                       Relations between the Union
                               and the States                                     245 to 263
XII                      Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits        264 to 300-A
XIII                      Trade, Commerce and Intercourse
                            within the Territory of India                      301 to 307
XIV                      Services under the Union and
                                       the States                                    308 to 323
XIV-A                            Tribunals                                        323-A to 323-B
XV                                 Elections                                        324 to 329-A
XVI                      Special Provisions relating to
                                 Certain Classes                                   330 to 342
XVII                     Official Language                                      343 to 351
XVIII                   Emergency Provisions                                352 to 360
XIX                     Miscellaneous                                            361 to 367
XX                      Amendment of the Constitution                   368
XXI                     Temporary, Transitional and
                                  Special Provisions                              369 to 392
XXII                    Short title, Commencement,
                          Authoritative Text in Hindi and
                                        Repeals                                      393 to 395

Schedule of The Indian Constitution 

Questions from Schedule section of Indian Constitution are often asked in SSC and Bank exams.  

• First Schedule: List of States & Union Territories
• Second Schedule: Salary of President, Governor, Chief Judges, Judges of High Court and Supreme Court, Comptroller and Auditor General.
• Third Schedule: Forms of Oaths and Affirmations
• Fourth Schedule: Allocate seats for each state of India in Rajya Sabha
• Fifth Schedule: Administration and control of scheduled areas and tribes
• Sixth Schedule: Provisions for administration of Tribal Area in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh.
• Seven Schedule: Gives allocation of Powers and functions between Union & States. It contains 3 Lists.
• Union List (For Central Government) 97 Subjects.
• State List (Powers of State Government) 66 Subjects.
• Concurrent List (Both Union & States) 47 Subjects.
• Eight Schedule: 
• List of 22 Languages of India recognized by Indian Constitution.
• Sindh was added in 1967 by 21 Amendment.
• Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992 by 71st amendment Santhali, Maithili, Bodo and Dogri were added in 2003 by 92nd amendment. 
• Ninth Schedule: Added by 1st Amendment in 1951. Contain Acts & Orders related to land tenure, land tax, Railways, Industries (Rights of Property not a Fundamental Right Now)
• Tenth Schedule: Added by 52nd Amendment in 1985. Contain provision of disqualification of the ground of defection.
• Eleventh Schedule: Added by 73rd Amendment in 1992. Contain provision of Panchayati Raj.
• Twelfth Schedule: Added by 74th Amendment in 1992. Contain Provision of Municipal Corporation.

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