There are Twelve Schedules to the Constitution.

First Schedule (under Articles 1 and 4) gives a list of the States and Territories comprising the Union. States 1. Andhra Pradesh, 2. Assam, 3. Bihar, 4. Gujarat, 5. Kerala, 6. Madhya Pradesh, 7. Tamil Nadu, 8. Maharashtra, 9. Karnataka, 10. Orissa, 11. Punjab, 12. Rajasthan, 13. Uttar Pradesh, 14. West Bengal, 15. Jammu and Kashmir, 16. Nagaland, 17. Haryana, 18. Himachal Pradesh, 19. Manipur, 20. Tripura, 21. Meghalaya, 22. Sikkim, 23. Arunachal Pradesh, 24. Mizoram, 25. Goa. 26. Jharkhand, 27. Uttarnchal, 28. Chattisgarh.

Union Territories 1. Delhi, 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 3. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, 4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 5. Daman and Diu, 6. Pondicherry, 7. Chandigarh.

Second Schedule under Arts. 59(3), 65(3), 75(6), 97, 125, 148(3), 158(3) consists of 5 Parts, A to E.

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Part A fixes the remuneration and emoluments payable to the President and Governors. Part B has been deleted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act of 1956. Part C contains provisions as to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council. Part D contains provisions as to emoluments of the judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts. Part E contains provisions as to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Third Schedule (under Articles 75(4), 99, 124(6), 148(2), 164(3), 188 and 219) contains forms of Oaths and Affirmations.

Fourth Schedule (under Articles 4(1) and (20)) allocates seats for each State and Union Territory, in the Council of States.

Fifth Schedule (under Articles 244(1) provides for the administration and control of Scheduled Areas. This schedule provides for amendment by a simple majority of Parliament and takes it out of the ambit of Article 368 (Amendment of the Constitution).

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Sixth Schedule (under Articles 214(2) and 275(1)) provides for the administration of Tribal Areas in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram. This is a lengthy schedule which goes into the details of the administration in the Tribal Areas concerned. This schedule can also be amended by a simple majority of Parliament.

Seventh Schedule (under Article 246) gives three Lists : 1. Union List contains 97 subjects in which the Union government has exclusive authority; 2. State List contains 66 subjects which are under the exclusive authority of State governments; 3. Concurrent List contains 47 subjects, where the Union and States have concurrent powers.

Eighth Schedule (under Articles 344(1) and 351(1) gives a lot of 18 languages recognised by the Constitution : 1. Assamese, 2. Bengali, 3. Gujarati, 4. Hindi, 5. Kannada, 6. Kashmiri, 7. Malayalam, 8. Marathi, 9. Oriya, 10. Punjabi, 11. Sanskrit, 12. Sindhi, 13. Tamil, 14. Telugu, 15, Urdu, 16. Konkani, 17. Manipuri, 18. Nepali.

Ninth Schedule (under Article 31(B) was added by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951. It contains Acts and Orders relating to land tenures, land tax, railways, industries, etc., passed by the State governments, and Union Government which are beyond the jurisdiction of civil courts.

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Tenth Schedule (under Articles 101, 102, 191 and 192). It contains the Anti-defection Act.

Eleventh Schedule (under Article 243 G) mentions functional areas or subjects that are necessary for implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice in each Panchayat. To mention a few- agriculture, social forestry, small scale industry, roads, rural housing, PDS, education, health & sanitation, poverty- Ileviation, non-conventional energy sources etc.

Twelfth Schedule mentions three types of municipal committees- nagar panchayats for transitional area, municipal council for smaller urban areas and municipal corporation for large urban areas.