Important Amendments in Indian Constitution PDF

Important Amendments in Indian Constitution Indian Constitution under Article 368 provides Parliament with powers to amend it and its procedures. Amendments in Indian Constitution are not easy to be done and requires certain provisions to comply with. Knowing the fact that the Constitution of India...

Important Amendments in Indian Constitution Indian Constitution under Article 368 provides Parliament with powers to amend it and its procedures. Amendments in Indian Constitution are not easy to be done and requires certain provisions to comply with. Knowing the fact that the Constitution of India is neither a rigid nor flexible one, Article 368 provides certain powers to Parliament allowing them to amend it keeping the basic structure of it rather same. The topic, ‘Important Amendments in Indian Constitution’ forms an important part of UPSC Civil Services Examination in general and of IAS Polity subject for both prelims and UPSC Mains GS-II in particular. The table below mentions the list of important amendments brought in the Indian Constitution: Important Newly added, removed Details of the Amendments Amendment Acts and Amended Articles/Scheduled/Parts 7th Amendment Act Article 1 Reorganisation of states on linguistic 1956 Article 3 basis Abolition of Class A, B, C and D states Article 49 Introduction of Union Territories Article 80 Article 81 Article 82 Article 131 Article 153 Article 158 Article 168 Article 170 Article 171 Article 216 Article 217 Article 220 Article 222 Article 224 Article 230 Article 231 Article 232  Part VIII First, Second, Fourth and Seventh Schedules of Indian Constitution 9th Amendment Act, Schedule 1 of Indian Adjustments to Indian Territory as a 1960 Constitution result of an agreement with Pakistan. 10th Amendment Act, Article 240 Dadra, Nagar, and Haveli incorporated in 1961 First Schedule the Union of Indian as a Union Territory 12th Amendment Act Article 240 Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated in the 1961 First Schedule Indian Union as a Union Territory 13th Amendment Act, Article 170 Nagaland was formed with special status 1963 Added new article 371A under Article 371A 14th Amendment Act, Articles 81 and 240 Pondicherry incorporated into the Indian 1962 First and fourth Schedules Union Added Article 239A 21st Amendment Act, Eighth Schedule Sindhi language was language into 1967 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution 26th Amendment Act Article 366 Privy Purse was abolished. 1971 Added Article 363A Removed Articles 291 and 362 36th Amendment Act Articles 80 and 81 Sikkim incorporated as an Indian state 40th Amendment Act First and fourth Schedules 1975 Added Article 371F Removed Article 2A 42nd Amendment Act Article 31 Fundamental Duties prescribed, India 1976 Article 31C became Socialist Secular Republic Article 39 Article 55 Article 74 Article 77 Article 81 Article 82 Article 83 Article 100 Article 102 Article 103 Article 105 Article 118 Article 145 Article 150 Article 166 Article 170 Article 172 Article 189 Article 191 Article 192 Article 194 Article 208 Article 217 Article 225 Article 226 Article 227 Article 228 Article 311 Article 312 Article 330  Article 352 Article 353 Article 356 Article 357 Article 358 Article 359 Article 366 Article 368 Article 371F Seventh Schedule Added Articles 31D, 32A, 39A, 43A, 48A, 131A, 139A, 144A, 226A, 228A and 257A Added Parts IVA and XIVA 44th Amendment Act Article19 Right to Property removed from the list of 1978 Article 22 fundamental rights Article 30 Article 31A Article 31C Article 38 Article 71 Article 74 Article 77 Article 83 Article 103 Article 105 Article 123 Article 132 Article 133 Article 134 Article 139A Article 150 Article 166 Article 172 Article 192 Article 194 Article 213 Article 217 Article 225 Article 226 Article 227 Article 239B Article 329 Article 352 Article 356 Article 358 Article 359 Article 360 Article 371F Ninth Schedule Added Articles 134A and 361A Deletion of Articles 31,  257A and 329A 61st Amendment Act Article 326 Voting age decreased from 21 to 18. 1989 71st Amendment Act Article 332 Manipuri, Konkani, and Nepali were 1992 added in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution 73rd Amendment Act Added Part IX Introduction of Panchayat Raj 1992 Addition of Part IX to the Indian Constitution 74th Amendment Act Article 280 Article 280 Introduction of Municipalities and 1992 Added Part IXA Nagarpalikas 86th Amendment Act Amended Articles 45 and Free and compulsory education to 2002 51A children between 6 and 14 years Added Article 21A 87th Amendment Act Eighth Schedule Santhali, Bodo, Dogri, and Maithili in the 2003 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution Service Tax introduced. 95th Amendment Act Article 334 Extension of reservation of seats for 2010 SC/ST Nomination of Anglo-Indian members in Parliament and State Assemblies 96th Amendment Act Eighth Schedule Replaced Odia for Oriya in the 2011 8th Schedule to the Indian Constitution 97th Amendment Act Articles 19 Introduction of Part IXB in the 2012 Added Part IXB Constitution of India relating to Co- operative Societies 100th Amendment Act Amendment of First Exchange of some enclave territories 2015 Schedule with Bangladesh Conferment of citizenship rights to citizens of enclave’s resulting to signing of Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)  Treaty between India and Bangladesh. 101st Amendment Act Article 248 Introduction of Goods and Services Tax 2016 Article 249 (GST) Article 250 Article 268 Article 269 Article 270 Article 271 Article 286 Article 366 Article 368 Amended Sixth Schedule and Seventh Schedule Deletion of Article 268A 102nd Amendment Act Addition of articles 338B, Constitutional Status to National 2018 342A, and Added Clause Commission for Backward Classes 26C Omitted Article 340 Modification of articles 338, 366 103rd Amendment Act Amendment to Article 15, A maximum of 10% Reservation for 2019 added Clause 6 Economically Weaker Sections of citizens of classes other than the classes Amendment to Article 16, mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) of added Clause 6 Article 15, i.e. Classes other than socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.