UPSC IAS Exam: Important

Amendments in Indian Constitution

Important amendments for UPSC

The Constitution of India under Article 368 of Constitution of India provided the powers of
Parliament to amend the Constitution and its procedures. The Constitution of India is neither flexible
nor rigid enough but it is a synthesis of both. So, under Article 368 provided the powers of
Parliament to amend the Constitution and its procedures but cannot amend those provisions which
form the basic structure of the Constitution.

Important amendments of Indian Constitution for UPSC:

Amendment Act Newly added, removed and Amendments

Amended
Articles/Scheduled/Parts

7th Amendment Act 1956 Article 1 Reorganisation of states on linguistic basis

Article 3 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, 1960 Schedule 1 of Indian Adjustments to Indian Territory as a result of
Constitution an agreement with Pakistan.

10th Amendment Article 240 Dadra, Nagar, and Haveli incorporated in the
Act, 1961 Union of Indian as a Union Territory
First Schedule

12th Amendment Act 1961 Article 240 Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated in the Indian
Union as a Union Territory
First Schedule

13th Amendment Act, 1963 Article 170 Nagaland was formed with special status under
Article 371A
Added new article 371A

14th Amendment Act, 1962 Articles 81 and 240 Pondicherry incorporated into the Indian
Union
First and fourth Schedules

Added Article 239A

21st Amendment Act, 1967 Eighth Schedule Sindhi language was language into 8th Schedule
of Indian Constitution
26th Amendment Act 1971 Article 366 Privy Purse was abolished.

Added Article 363A

Removed Articles 291 and

362

36th Amendment Act Articles 80 and 81 Sikkim incorporated as an Indian state

40thAmendment Act 1975
First and fourth Schedules

Added Article 371F

Removed Article 2A

42nd Amendment Act 1976 Article 31 Fundamental Duties prescribed, India became
Socialist Secular Republic
Article 31C

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 1978 Article19 Right to Property removed from the list of
fundamental rights
Article 22

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 1989 Article 326 Voting age decreased from 21 to 18.
71st Amendment Act 1992 Article 332 Manipuri, Konkani, and Nepali were added in
the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution

73rd Amendment Act 1992 Added Part IX Introduction of Panchayat Raj

Addition of Part IX to the Indian Constitution

74th Amendment Act 1992 Article 280 Article 280 Introduction of Municipalities and Nagarpalikas

Added Part IXA

86th Amendment Act 2002 Amended Articles 45 and Free and compulsory education to children
51A between 6 and 14 years

Added Article 21A

87th Amendment Act 2003 Eighth Schedule Santhali, Bodo, Dogri, and Maithili in the
8thSchedule of Indian Constitution

Service Tax introduced.

95th Amendment Act 2010 Article 334 Extension of reservation of seats for SC/ST

Nomination of Anglo-Indian members in

Parliament and State Assemblies

96th Amendment Act 2011 Eighth Schedule Replaced Odia for Oriya in the 8th Schedule to
the Indian Constitution

97th Amendment Act 2012 Articles 19 Introduction of Part IXB in the Constitution of
India relating to Co-operative Societies
Added Part IXB

100th Amendment Act Amendment of First Exchange of some enclave territories with
2015 Schedule Bangladesh

Conferment of citizenship rights to citizens of

enclave’s resulting to signing of Land Boundary
Agreement (LBA) Treaty between India and
Bangladesh.
101th Amendment Act Article 248 In
2016
Article 249

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