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The salaries, allowances and other provisions relating to the President, the Governors, the Speaker, the judges and the Comptroller and Auditor-General are given in the:
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Answer: Option C — Second Schedule
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The Second Schedule of the Constitution contains provisions relating to the emoluments, allowances, privileges and other matters of certain high constitutional office-holders.
Office-holders covered by the Second Schedule:
- The President of India.
- The Governors of States.
- The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
- The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Councils of the States.
- The judges of the Supreme Court.
- The judges of the High Courts.
- The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
How the salaries are fixed:
- The Second Schedule originally gave the actual amounts of the salaries.
- Now, most of these salaries are fixed by laws passed by Parliament, and the Schedule refers to these laws.
- The salaries of many of these office-holders are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or of the State, which means that they are not voted on by the legislature every year.
- Their salaries cannot normally be reduced to their disadvantage during their term of office, to protect their independence.
Why these offices are protected:
- The President, the Governors, the presiding officers, the judges and the CAG must be able to work without fear or favour.
- If their salaries could be changed easily by the government of the day, their independence and neutrality might be affected.
- The Second Schedule, together with the provisions on charged expenditure, gives them financial security.
The Schedules of the Constitution:
- The Constitution now has twelve Schedules, which contain lists, forms and details that support the main Articles.
- The original Constitution had eight Schedules; four were added later.
Why not the other options?
- ✗The Eighth Schedule lists the languages; the Ninth Schedule protects certain laws; the Tenth Schedule deals with anti-defection.
Quick tip
Remember: Second Schedule = emoluments and allowances of the President, Governors, Speakers, Chairmen, judges and the CAG.
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This question tests your understanding of Important Articles & Schedules, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
This topic covers the important articles of the Constitution that exams test most often, the parts of the Constitution, and the twelve schedules, such as the Seventh Schedule (Union, State and Concurrent Lists), the Eighth Schedule (languages) and the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law). Questions directly ask which article or schedule deals with a subject, so make a table and revise it often. High-frequency examples include Article 112 (annual financial statement), Article 280 (Finance Commission), Article 324 (Election Commission) and Article 368 (amendment procedure). Remember that the Ninth Schedule was added by the 1st Amendment in 1951. Practise the important articles and schedules questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.