PART I PART II PART III PART IV PART IVA PART V PART VI PART VII PART VIII PART IX PART

IXA PART X PART XI PART XII PART XIII PART XIV PART XIVA PART XV PART XVI PART XVII PART XVIII PART XIX PART XX

THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY CITIZENSHIP FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES THE UNION THE STATES THE STATES IN PART B OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE THE UNION TERRITORIES PANCHAYATS MUNICIPALITIES THE SCHEDULED AND TRIBAL AREAS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS TRADE,COMMERCE AND INTERCOURSE WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF INDIA SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES TRIBUNALS ELECTIONS SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES OFFICIAL LANGUAGE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

Art.( 1-4 ) Art.( 5-11 ) Art.( 12-35 ) Art.( 36-51 ) Art.( 51A ) Art.( 52-151 ) Art.( 152-237 ) Art.( 238 ) Art.( 239-243 ) Art.( 243243zg ) Art.( 243243zg ) Art.( 244-244A ) Art.( 245-263 ) Art.( 264-300A ) Art.( 301-307 ) Art.( 308-323 ) Art.( 323A323B ) Art.( 324-329A ) Art.( 330-342 ) Art.( 343-351 ) Art.( 352-360 ) Art.( 361-367 ) Art.( 368 )

PART XXI PART XXII

TEMPORARY, TRANSITIONAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS SHORT TITLE,COMMENCEMENT,AUTHORITATIVE TEXT IN HINDI AND REPEALS

Art.( 369-392 ) Art.( 393-395 )

HOME

PART III FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS General

ARTICLE

12. Definition 13. Laws of inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights. Right to Equality
ARTICLE

14. Equality before law. 15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion,race,caste,sex or place of birth. 16. Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment. 17. Abolition of Untouchability 18. Abolition of titles. Right to Freedom
ARTICLE

19. Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc. 20. protection in respect of conviction for offences. 21. Protection of life and personal liberty. 22. Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.

Right against Exploitation

ARTICLE

23. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour. 24. Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc. Right to Freedom of Religion
ARTICLE

25. Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion. 26. Freedom to manage religious affairs. 27. Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion. 28. Freedom as to attendance at religious instruction or religious worship in certain education institutions. Cultural and Educational Rights
ARTICLE

29. Protection of interests of minorities. 30. Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions. 31. [Repealed.] Saving of Certain Laws
ARTICLE

31A. Savings of laws providing for acquisition of estates,etc. 31B. Validation of certain Acts and Regulations 31C. Saving of laws giving effect to certain directive principles 31D. [Repealed.] Right to Constitutional Remedies
ARTICLE

32. Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Part. 32A. [Repealed.] 33. Power of Parliament to modify the rights conferred by this Part in their application to Forces, etc. 34. Restriction on rights conferred by this Part while martial law is in force in any area. 35. Legislation to give effect to the provisions of this Part.
Padma Awards Announced

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 ladies among the awardees. Padma Awards, the countrys highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April. Padma Vibhushan
SlNo. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Name
Shri K GSubramanyan

Discipline

State/ Domicile
West Bengal Goa* Assam* Maharashtra Delhi

ArtPainting & Sculpture ArtLate Shri Mario De Miranda Cartoonist Art- Vocal Late (Dr.)BhupenHazarika Music Medicine Dr. KantilalHastimal Sancheti Orthopedics Civil Shri T VRajeswar Service

Padma Bhushan
Sl No. 1. 2. 3.
Smt. Shabana Azmi Shri Khaled Choudhury Shri Jatin Das

Name

Discipline
Art Cinema Art Theatre Art Painting

State/ Domicile
Maharashtra West Bengal Delhi

4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Art Instrumental Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Music Sarod Art Shri Dharmendra SinghDeol alias Dharmendra Cinema Art Classical Dr. TrippunithwraViswanathan Gopalkrishnan vocal and instrumental music Art Ms. Mira Nair Cinema Art Instrumental Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan MusicViolin Art Shri Anish Kapoor Sculpture Shri Satya NarayanGoenka Dr. (Judge) PatibandlaChandrasekhar Rao Shri George Yong-BoonYeo Prof. ShashikumarChitre Dr. M S Raghunathan Shri Subbiah MurugappaVellayan Shri BalasubramanianMuthuraman Dr. Suresh H. Advani Dr. Noshir H Wadia Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Prof. (Dr.) ShantaramBalwant Mujumdar Public Affairs Public Affairs Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Medicine Oncology MedicineNeurology MedicineCardiology Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education

West Bengal Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Delhi

Tamil Nadu

UK*

Social Work Maharashtra Germany* Singapore* Maharashtra Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra Karnataka Maharashtra

Prof. Vidya Dehejia

USA*

Prof. Arvind Panagariya

USA*

23.
Dr. Jose Pereira

24.
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha

25. 26. 27.

Shri N Vittal Shri Mata Prasad Shri Ronen Sen

Literature and Education Literature and Education Civil Service Civil Service Civil Service

USA*

UK * Kerala Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Padma Shri
SlNo. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Dr. Minati Mishra

Name
Shri Vanraj Bhatia Shri Zia FariduddinDagar

Discipline
Art - Music

State/ Domicile
Maharashtra

Art - Music Maharashtra vocal Art - MusicSmt. NameirakpamIbemni Devi Manipur Khongjom Parba Art Shri RamachandraSubraya Hegde Chittani Yakshaganadance Karnataka drama Jammu and Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art - Playwright Kashmir Art - Instrumental Shri Shahid ParvezKhan Maharashtra Music-Sitar Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Shri Sakar KhanManganiar Smt. Joy Michael Art - Terracotta Art - Rajasthani Folk Music Art - Theatre Art - Indian Classical DanceOdissi. Art - Theatre. Art - Theatre Art - Indian Classical DanceKutiyattam Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Art - Playwright Rajasthan Rajasthan Delhi Orissa Tamil Nadu Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Maharashtra

11. 12. 13.

Shri NatesanMuthuswamy Smt. R.Nagarathnamma Shri KalamandalmSivan Nambootiri

14. 15.

Smt. YamunabaiWaikar Shri Satish Alekar

16.

Pandit Gopal PrasadDubey Shri RamakantGundecha #

17.
Shri UmakantGundecha #

18.
Shri Anup Jalota

19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

Shri Soman NairPriyadarsan Shri Sunil Janah Ms. Laila Tyebji Shri Vijay Sharma Smt. Shamshad Begum Smt. Reeta Devi Dr. P.K. Gopal Smt. Phoolbasan BaiYadav Dr. G. Muniratnam Shri NiranjanPranshankar Pandya Dr. Uma Tuli Shri Sat Paul Varma Smt.Binny Yanga Shri Yezdi HirjiMalegam Shri Pravin H. Parekh Dr. V. Adimurthy Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha

Art - Chhau dance and choreography Art - Indian Classical MusicVocal Art - Indian Classical MusicVocal Art-Indian Classical MusicVocal Art - CinemaDirection Art-Photography Art-Handicrafts Art-Painting Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Public Affairs Pubic Affairs Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Agriculture Science and Engineering Science and Engineering

Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Kerala Assam Delhi Himachal Pradesh Chattisgarh Delhi Tamil Nadu Chattisgarh Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Arunachal Pradesh Maharashtra Delhi Kerala Delhi Delhi Jammu and Kashmir

36. 37.

Prof. Virander SinghChauhan Prof. Rameshwar NathKoul Bamezai

38.
Dr. Vijaypal Singh

39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58.

Dr. Lokesh KumarSinghal Dr. YagnaswamiSundara Rajan Prof. Jagadish Shukla Ms. Priya Paul Shri Shoji Shiba Shri Gopinath Pillai Shri Arun HastimalFirodia Dr. Swati A. Piramal Prof. Mahdi Hasan Dr. ViswanathanMohan Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Dr. VallalarpuramSennimalai Natarajan Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Dr. Shrinivas S.Vaishya Dr. Nitya Anand Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Dr. Mukesh Batra Dr. Eberhard Fischer Shri Kedar Gurung Shri Surjit Singh Patar

59.
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar

Science and Engineering Agricultural Research Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry MedicineAnatomy Medicine Diabetology Medicine Ayurveda Medicine Geriatrics Medicine Oncology MedicineHealthcare Medicine - Drugs Research Medicine Homoeopathy MedicineHomeopathy Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Poetry Literature and Education Journalism

Uttar Pradesh Punjab Karnataka USA* Delhi Japan* Singapore* Maharashtra Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Tamil Nadu Bihar Daman and Diu Uttar Pradesh Delhi * Maharashtra Switzerland* Sikkim Punjab Madhya Pradesh

60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74.

Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Prof. SachchidanandSahai Smt. Pepita Seth Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia Shri Ajeet Bajaj Smt. Jhulan Goswami Shri Zafar Iqbal Shri Devendra Jhajrija Shri Limba Ram Shri Syed MohammedArif Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Shri T. VenkatapathiReddiar

Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Sports - Skiing Sports - Women's Cricket Sports-Hockey Sports - AthleticsParalympics Sports - Archery Sports Badminton SportsCommentary Sports-Physical Education OthersHorticulture Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection OthersArchaeology Others-Ceramics Others Environmental Education

Uttarakhand Delhi Haryana Kerala Mizoram Delhi West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh Delhi Maharashtra Puducherry

Dr. K. (Kota) UllasKaranth

Karnataka

75. 76. 77.

Shri K Paddayya Shri Swapan Guha Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai

Maharashtra Rajasthan Gujarat