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Schedules, Committees & Lok Sabha Seats

Revision lists that are asked in almost every polity section.

12 Schedules of the Constitution

• FirstNames of States and Union Territories
• SecondSalaries and allowances: President, Governors, Speaker, judges, CAG
• ThirdForms of oaths and affirmations
• FourthAllocation of Rajya Sabha seats to States and UTs
• FifthAdministration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
• SixthTribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
• SeventhUnion, State and Concurrent Lists
• Eighth22 official languages (4 added by the 92nd Amendment, 2003)
• NinthLaws protected from judicial review (added by the 1st Amendment, 1951)
• TenthAnti-defection law (52nd Amendment, 1985)
• EleventhPanchayats: 29 subjects (73rd Amendment, 1992)
• TwelfthMunicipalities: 18 subjects (74th Amendment, 1992)

Emergency provisions

• Article 352National Emergency: war, external aggression or armed rebellion (declared 1962, 1971, 1975)
• Article 356President's Rule in a State: failure of constitutional machinery
• Article 360Financial Emergency: never declared so far

Important committees

• Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957)Three-tier Panchayati Raj; first adopted in Nagaur, Rajasthan (2 Oct 1959)
• Ashok Mehta Committee (1977)Two-tier Panchayati Raj
• Kothari Commission (1964–66)National education policy
• Swaran Singh Committee (1976)Fundamental Duties
• Sarkaria Commission (1983)Centre–State relations
• Punchhi Commission (2007)Centre–State relations (second)
• Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990)Electoral reforms
• Indrajit Gupta Committee (1998)State funding of elections
• Narasimham Committees (1991, 1998)Banking sector reforms
• Raja Chelliah Committee (1991)Tax reforms
• Malhotra Committee (1993)Insurance sector reforms
• Urjit Patel Committee (2014)Monetary policy framework; inflation targeting
• Nachiket Mor Committee (2013)Financial inclusion; payments banks

Lok Sabha seats by State and UT (543)

• Uttar Pradesh80
• Maharashtra48
• West Bengal42
• Bihar40
• Tamil Nadu39
• Madhya Pradesh29
• Karnataka28
• Gujarat26
• Andhra Pradesh25
• Rajasthan25
• Odisha21
• Keralam20
• Telangana17
• Assam14
• Jharkhand14
• Punjab13
• Chhattisgarh11
• Haryana10
• Delhi7
• Jammu & Kashmir5
• Uttarakhand5
• Himachal Pradesh4
• Arunachal Pradesh2
• Goa2
• Manipur2
• Meghalaya2
• Tripura2
• Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu2
• Mizoram1
• Nagaland1
• Sikkim1
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands1
• Chandigarh1
• Ladakh1
• Lakshadweep1
• Puducherry1