Question 4631
Which state is not included in the sixth schedule of the Indian Constitution?
Answer
Manipur
Why?
The correct answer is Manipur. Key Points Manipur is not included in the sixth schedule of Indian Constitution. The sixth Schedule deals with provisions relating to the administration of tribal areas. It includes the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram. Articles covered in Sixth Schedule are 244 and 275. The Fifth Schedule, on the other hand, deals with the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes in any state except Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya. The President is empowered to declare an area to be a scheduled area. He can also increase or decrease its area, alter its boundary lines, rescind such designation or make fresh orders for such redesignation on an area in consultation with the governor of the state concerned. Additional Information Scheduled of the Indian Constitutions The Schedules of the Indian Constitution are added as an appendix to the Constitution by the Constitutional framers. The schedules of the Indian Constitution are the list that categorises and tabulates the bureaucratic activities and policies of the Indian Government. The schedules are not included in the Constitution, rather they are maintained as separate documentation. It should be noted that, though the Schedules of the Indian Constitution are not in the Constitution, they are part of it. Originally there were only eight schedules in the Indian Constitution at the time of enactment in November 1949. Later the ninth schedule was added by the first Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951. In 1985, the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act included the tenth schedule which deals with the anti-defection law. After seven years, in 1992, two consecutive Constitutional Amendments Acts were passed i.e. 73rd and 74th, under which the 11th and 12th schedules were added to the Indian Constitution respectively.
