Indian Polity And Constitution (Railway) Part-V

• At the time of its adoption, the Constitution contained 395 Articles, 22 parts and 8 Schedules.

At present time constitution contained 448 Articles, 12 schedules and 25 parts.

• This clause was added by the 91st Amendment Act in 2003.

• The first Chairman of Rajya Sabha was Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.

• Later 3 parts were added to it as amendments making the tally 25.

• Three parts - 9A Municipalities, 9B Cooperative societies and 14A tribunals - are added to the original constitution via amendments.

• The Governor appoints the Advocate General for the State. (Article 165).

• A new provision, Article 300-A, was added to the constitution, which provided that "no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law".

• Arunachal Pradesh became a state on 20 February 1987.

(i) Right to equality.

(ii) Right to freedom.

(iii) Right against exploitation,

(iv) Right to freedom of religion.

(v) Cultural and educational rights, and.

(vi) Right to constitutional remedies.

• India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was also influenced by the Soviet model of centralised planning. and adopted the model after getting Independence in 1947.

• For the preparation of FYP, the Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 through a Cabinet decision.

• Meghalaya also sends 1 members to the Rajya Sabha.

• There are 60 Assembly con stituencies in the state.