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education and universities
26. Legal, medical and other professions
27. Relief and rehabilitation of persons
28. Charitable institutions, religious endowments and
religious institutions
29. Infectious or contagious diseases or pests affecting
men, animals or plants
30. Vital statistics including registration of births and deaths
31. Ports other than major ports
32. Shipping and navigation on inland waterways
33. Trade and commerce in, and the production, supply
and distribution of, foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds
and oils; cattle fodder; raw cotton, and cotton seeds;
and raw jute
33A. Weights and measures except establishment of
standards
34. Price control
35. Mechanically propelled vehicles including the principles
on which taxes on such vehicles are to be levied
36. Factories
37. Boilers
38. Electricity
39. Newspapers, books and printing presses
40. Archaeological sites and remains other than those of
42. Acquisition and requisitioning of property
43. Recovery in a state of claims in respect of taxes and
other public demands
44. Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected by
means of judicial stamps, but not including rates of
stamp duty
45. Inquiries and statistics for the purposes of any of the
matters specified in List II or List III
46. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the
Supreme Court, with respect to any of the matters in
this list
47. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this list, but not
Appendix III Table of Precedence
The Table of Precedence is related to the rank and order of the
officials of the Union and State Governments. But, the order in
this Table is meant for state and ceremonial occassions and has
no application in the day-to-day business of Government. The
present notification on this subject was issued on 26 July, 1979.
This notification superseded all the previous notifications and
was also amended many times. The updated version of the
Table, containing all the amendments made therein so far (2019),
is given below:
1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Prime Minister
4. Governors of states within their respective states
5. Former presidents
5A. Deputy Prime Minister
6. Chief Justice of India Speaker of Lok Sabha
7. Cabinet Ministers of the Union
Chief Ministers of States within their respective States
Vice-Chairperson, NITI Aayog Former Prime Ministers
Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
7A. Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration
8. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and
High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries
accredited to India
Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States
Governors of States outside their respective States
9. Judges of Supreme Court
9A. Chairperson, Union Public Service Commission
Chief Election Commissioner
Comptroller & Auditor General of India
10. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chief Ministers of States Deputy Speaker, Lok
Ministers of State of the Union (and any other Minister
in the Ministry of Defence for defence matters)
11. Attorney General of India
Cabinet Secretary
Lieutenant Governors within their respective Union
Territories
12. Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or
equivalent rank
13. Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
accredited to India
14. Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures within
their respective States
Chief Justices of High Courts within their respective
jurisdictions
15. Cabinet Ministers in States within their respective
States
Chief Ministers of Union Territories and Chief Executive
Councillor, Delhi within their respective Union Territories
Deputy Ministers of the Union
16. Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of Lieutenant
General or equivalent rank
17. Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
Chairman, Minorities Commission
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled
Castes
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes
Chief Justices of High Courts outside their respective
jurisdictions
Puisne Judges of High Courts within their respective
jurisdictions
18. Cabinet Ministers in States outside their respective
States
Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures outside
their respective States
Chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
Legislatures within their respective States
Ministers of State in States within their respective
States
Ministers of Union Territories and Executive Councilors,
Delhi, within their respective Union Territories
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories
and Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council within their
respective Union Territories
19. Chief Commissioners of Union Territories not having
Councils of Ministers, within their respective Union
Territories
Deputy Ministers in States within their respective States
Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union
Territories and Deputy Chairman of Metropolitan
Council, Delhi, within their respective Union Territories
20. Deputy Chairmen and Deputy Speakers of State
Legislatures, outside their respective States
Ministers of State in States outside their respective
States
Puisne Judges of High Courts outside their respective
jurisdictions
21. Members of Parliament
22. Deputy Ministers in States outside their respective
States
23. Army Commanders / Vice-Chief of the Army Staff or
equivalent in other services Chief Secretaries to State
Governments within their respective States
Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities Commissioner
for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Members,
Minorities Commission Members, National Commission
for Scheduled Castes
Members, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Officers of the rank of full General or equivalent rank
Secretaries to the Government of India (including
officers holding this office ex-officio)
Secretary, Minorities Commission Secretary, Scheduled
Prime Minister Secretary, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha
Solicitor General
Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
24. Officers of the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent
rank
25. Additional Secretaries to the Government of India
Additional Solicitor General Advocate Generals of
States Chairman, Tariff Commission Charge d” Affairs
and Acting High Commissioners a pied and ad interim
Chief Ministers of Union Territories and Chief Executive
Councillor, Delhi, outside their respective Union
Territories Chief Secretaries of State Governments
outside their respective States
Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General Deputy
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories
and Deputy Chairman, Delhi Metropolitan Council,
outside their respective Union Territories Director,
Central Bureau of Investigation Director General,
Border Security Force Director General, Central
Reserve Police
Director, Intelligence Bureau
Lieutenant Governors outside their respective Union
Territories
Members, Central Administrative Tribunal
Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
Commission Members, Union Public Service
Commission
Ministers of Union Territories and Executive Councillors,
Delhi, outside their respective Union Territories
Principal Staff Officers of the Armed Forces of the rank
of Major General or equivalent rank
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories
and Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council, outside
their respective Union Territories
26. Joint Secretaries to the Government of India and
officers of equivalent rank.
Appendix IV Constitutional
Amendments at a Glance
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
First Amendment 1. Empowered the state to make
Act, 1951 special provisions for the
advancement of socially and
economically backward classes.
2. Provided for the saving of laws
providing for acquisition of estates,
etc.
3. Added Ninth Schedule to protect the
land reform and other laws included
in it from the judicial review.
4. Added three more grounds of
restrictions on freedom of speech
and expression, viz., public order,
friendly relations with foreign states
and incitement to an offence. Also,
made the restrictions “reasonable”
and thus, justiciable in nature.
5. Provided that state trading and
nationalisation of any trade or
business by the state is not to be
invalid on the ground of violation of
the right to trade or business.
Second Readjusted the scale of representation in
Amendment the Lok Sabha by providing that one
Act, 1952 member could represent even more than
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Third Amendment Empowered the Parliament to control the
Act, 1954 production, supply and distribution of the
foodstuffs, cattle fodder, raw cotton,
cotton seed and raw jute in the public
interest.
Fourth 1. Made the scale of compensation
Amendment given in lieu of compulsory
Act, 1955 acquisition of private property beyond
the scrutiny of courts.
2. Authorised the state to nationalise
any trade.
3. Included some more Acts in the
Ninth Schedule.
4. Extended the scope of Article 31 A
(savings of laws).
Fifth Amendment Empowered the president to fix the time-
Act, 1955 limit for the state legislatures to express
their views on the proposed Central
legislation affecting the areas,
boundaries and names of the states.
Sixth Amendment Included a new subject in the Union list
Act, 1956 i.e., taxes on the sale and purchase of
goods in the course of inter-state trade
and commerce and restricted the state’s
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Seventh 1. Abolished the existing classification
Amendment of states into four categories i.e., Part
Act, 1956 A, Part B, Part C and Part D states,
and reorganised them into 14 states
and 6 union territories.
2. Extended the jurisdiction of high
courts to union territories.
3. Provided for the establishment of a
common high court for two or more
states.
4. Provided for the appointment of
additional and acting judges of the
high court.
Eighth Extended the reservation of seats for the
Amendment SCs and STs, and special representation
Act, 1960 for the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha
and the state legislative assemblies for a
period of ten years (i.e., up to 1970).
Ninth Facilitated the cession of Indian territory
Amendment of Berubari Union (located in West
Act, 1960 Bengal) to Pakistan as provided in the
Indo-Pakistan Agreement (1958).
Tenth
Incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli in
Amendment Act,
the Indian Union.
1961
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Eleventh 1. Changed the procedure of election of
Amendment the vice-president by providing for an
Act, 1961 electoral college instead of a joint
meeting of the two Houses of
Parliament.
2. Provided that the election of the
president or vice-president cannot be
challenged on the ground of any
vacancy in the appropriate electoral
college.
Twelfth Incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu in the
Amendment Indian Union.
Act, 1962
Thirteenth Gave the status of a state to Nagaland
Amendment and made special provisions for it.
Act, 1962
Fourteenth 1. Incorporated Puducherry in the
Amendment Indian Union.
Act, 1962
2. Provided for the creation of
legislatures and council of ministers
for the Union Territories of Himachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa,
Daman and Diu, and Puducherry.
Amendment Amended Provisions of the
Number and Constitution
Year
Fifteenth 1. Enabled the high courts to issue writs
Amendment to any person or authority even
Act, 1963 outside its territorial jurisdiction if the
cause of action arise within its
territorial limits.
2. Increased the retirement age of high