Constitutional
Bodies in India:
Name of the
Constitutional Body
|
Mentioned in
|
Election
Commission
|
Article
324
|
Union
Public Service Commission
|
Article-315
to 323
|
State
Public Service Commission
|
Article-315
to 323
|
Finance
Commission
|
Article-280
|
National
Commission for SCs
|
Article-338
|
National
Commission for STs
|
|
Comptroller
and Auditor General of India
|
Article-148
|
Attorney
General of India
|
Article-76
|
Advocate
General of the State
|
Article-165
|
Special
officer for linguistic Minorities
|
Article-350
B
|
Non-Constitutional
Bodies
1.
NITI
Aayog
2.
National
Development Council
3.
National
Human Rights Commission
4.
State
Human Rights Commission
5.
Central
Information Commission
6.
State
Information Commission
7.
Central
Vigilance Commission
8.
Central
Bureau of Investigation
9.
Lokpal
and Lokayuktas
Constitutional
bodies & their composition
Name of the
constitutional body
|
Composition
|
Election
Commission
|
chief
election commissioner and the two other election commissioners
|
Union
Public Service Commission
|
Usually,
the Commission consists of nine to eleven
members including the chairman |
Finance
Commission
|
Finance
Commission consists of a chairman and four other members to be appointed by
the
President. |
National
Commission for Scheduled Castes
|
It
consists of a chairperson,
a vice-chairperson and three other members. |
National
Commission for
Scheduled Tribes (STs) |
It
consists of a chairperson,
a vice-chairperson and three other members |
Comptroller
and Auditor General of India (CAG) |
CAG
is appointed by the president of India
|
Attorney
General
|
Highest
law officer in India
|
Advocate
general for the
states |
-
|
Non-constitutional
bodies & their composition:
Name of the non
constitutional body
|
Composition
|
National
Development Council
|
The
NDC is composed of the following members.
1. Prime minister of India 2. All Union cabinet ministers (since 1967). 3. Chief ministers of all states. 4. Chief ministers/administrators of all union territories. 5. Members of the Planning Commission. |
National
Human Rights Commission
|
It
is a multi-member body consisting of a chairman and four members.
|
State
Human Rights Commission
|
It
is a multi-member body consisting of a chairperson and two
Members |
Central
Information Commission
|
The
Commission consists of a Chief Information Commissioner and not more than ten
Information
Commissioners |
State
Information Commission
|
The
Commission consists of a State Chief Information Commissioner and not more
than ten State
Information Commissioners |
Central
Vigilance Commission
|
CVC
is a multi-member body consisting of a Central Vigilance Commissioner
(chairperson) and
not more than two vigilance commissioners. |
Central
Bureau of Investigation
|
The
CBI is headed by a Director. He is assisted by a special director or an
additional director.
Additionally, it has a number of joint directors, deputy inspector generals, superintendents of police and all other usual ranks of police personnel |
Lokpal
|
Lokpal
to consist of a Chairperson and upto eight members and not less than 50% of
the
members to be from SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities and women |
lokayukta
|
Varies
from state to state
|
Composition of NITI Aayog
The composition of NITI Aayog is as follows
1.
Prime
Minister of India act as the Chairman of NITI Aayog
2.
Governing
Council of NITI Aayog comprises the CMs of all the States in India and Lt.
Governors of Union Territories in India
3.
In addition
to this, Regional Councils will be formed to address specific problems and
issues that are affecting more than one state or a region. They are formed for
a specific period of a time
o
The Regional
Councils will be formed by the Prime Minister and will comprise of the Chief
Ministers of States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories in the region. These
will be chaired by the Chairperson of the NITI Aayog or his nominee.
4.
Some
Experts, specialists and practitioners are nominated as special invitees for
NITI Aayog by the Prime Minister
Full-time organizational framework of NITI Aayog:
The
full-time organizational framework NITI Aayog will comprise of
- Prime Minister as the Chairperson:
- Vice-Chairperson: To be appointed by the Prime Minister
- Members: Full-time
- Part-time members: Maximum of 2 from leading universities research b organizations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity. Part time members will be on a rotational basis.
- Ex Officio members: Maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
- Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Prime Minister for a fixed tenure.