CONSTITUTIONAL AND NON-CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES IN INDIA

 

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	Article-338 A
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.