#246: 15 tips to remember 100+ articles

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15 pointers to remember 100+ Articles of Constitution on your finger tips

1. State elements where Parliament can make laws

Mnemonic: PSIR

P: President rule A356
S: 2+ States resolution A252
I: International agreements A253
R: Rajya Sabha resolution A249

2. Similar Sound Trick

243-I: finance commission to review panchayat finances
(i sound matches i in f-i-nance)

243-K: election to Panchayat
(ele-K-tion sound)

3. Number 89 Trick

Difference of 89 b/w Parliament & Assembly

79: parliament composition
+89= 168: state leg composition

87: President address
+89= 176: Governor address

Get idea of ~40 articles (79-120) & y’ll know 80

4. Preamble short note

- Source: People of India💡
- Date: November 26, 1949🗓
- Objective: Justice, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity🤝🫂
- Nature: Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, and Republic

5. Articles of 'Movement'🚶🏻✈️

Freedom to move:

a) within India: Article 19
b) out of India: Article 21

6. Article of 'Association'

Point to be noted: u/A 19 it is Fundamental Right

- to Form Association✅
- NOT to Recognition of that Association❌

7. 42nd Amendment [State List → Concurrent List]

- Forests🌲
- Education📚
- Weights & Measures⚖️
- Administration of justice👨‍⚖️
- Protection of wildlife & birds🦚🦁

Remember these when examiner asks in #UPSC

8. Public funds of India

3 Main public funds of India & related articles:

1. 266(1) Consolidated Fund of India
2. 266(2) Public Accounts of India
3. 267 Contingency Fund of India

9. Imposition, Collection & Appropriation of Taxes

Diff. taxes of center-state u/A 268, 269, & 270

Made this table to make it easy, note the pattern of C-S

10. Grants💵📈

Article 275: Statutory Grants💪

• Recommended by FC
• Charged on CFI

Article 282: Discretionary Grants🤌

• For any public purpose by Union or State
• No obligation on Union to make these grants

11. Constitutional Bodies & their articles

13 of these must be on your finger tips

12. Interstate Council u/A 263

• Non-permanent status
• A constitutional multilateral platform
• President establishes as needed in public interest
• Chaired by PM w/ all CMs members + 6 Cabinet Ministers

13. Panchayat Articles STU mapped to WaRD

243S: Ward Committee (w/ 1+ wards of 3 lac+ ppl)
243T: Reservation (SC/ST and Women)
243U: Duration
(5 years, election in 6 months on dissolution)

14. Articles of Separation of Powers

Legislature-Executive-Judiciary; all have separate powers! :)

15. Inner Line Permit & 6th schedule of N-E states

Remember these easily in these 2 maps

a) Image 1: ILP

b) Image 2: 6th schedule

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