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Indian Constitution under Article 368 provides Parliament with powers to amend it and its procedures.
Amendments in Indian Constitution are not easy to be done and requires certain provisions to comply with.
Knowing the fact that the Constitution of India is neither a rigid nor flexible one, Article 368 provides certain
powers to Parliament allowing them to amend it keeping the basic structure of it rather same.
The topic, ‘Important Amendments in Indian Constitution’ forms an important part of UPSC Civil Services
Examination in general and of IAS Polity subject for both prelims and UPSC Mains GS-II in particular.
The table below mentions the list of important amendments brought in the Indian Constitution:
10th Amendment Act, Article 240 Dadra, Nagar, and Haveli incorporated in
1961 First Schedule the Union of Indian as a Union Territory
12th Amendment Act Article 240 Goa, Daman and Diu incorporated in the
1961 First Schedule Indian Union as a Union Territory
13th Amendment Act, Article 170 Nagaland was formed with special status
1963 Added new article 371A under Article 371A
14th Amendment Act, Articles 81 and 240 Pondicherry incorporated into the Indian
1962 First and fourth Schedules Union
Added Article 239A
21st Amendment Act, Eighth Schedule Sindhi language was language into
1967 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution
44th Amendment Act Article19 Right to Property removed from the list of
1978 Article 22 fundamental rights
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
61st Amendment Act Article 326 Voting age decreased from 21 to 18.
1989
71st Amendment Act Article 332 Manipuri, Konkani, and Nepali were
1992 added in the 8th Schedule of Indian
Constitution
74th Amendment Act Article 280 Article 280 Introduction of Municipalities and
1992 Added Part IXA Nagarpalikas
86th Amendment Act Amended Articles 45 and Free and compulsory education to
2002 51A children between 6 and 14 years
Added Article 21A
87th Amendment Act Eighth Schedule Santhali, Bodo, Dogri, and Maithili in the
2003 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution
Service Tax introduced.
96th Amendment Act Eighth Schedule Replaced Odia for Oriya in the
2011 8th Schedule to the Indian Constitution
101st Amendment Act Article 248 Introduction of Goods and Services Tax
2016 Article 249 (GST)
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
103rd Amendment Act Amendment to Article 15, A maximum of 10% Reservation for
2019 added Clause 6 Economically Weaker Sections of
citizens of classes other than the classes
Amendment to Article 16, mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) of
added Clause 6 Article 15, i.e. Classes other than socially
and educationally backward classes of
citizens or the Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes.