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 Composition
body
Election Commission chief election commissioner and the two other
election commissioners
Union Public Service Usually, the Commission consists of nine to eleven
Commission 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 It consists of a chairperson,
Scheduled Castes a vice-chairperson and three other members.
National Commission for It consists of a chairperson,
Scheduled Tribes (STs) a vice-chairperson and three other members
Comptroller CAG is appointed by the president of India
and Auditor General of
India (CAG)
Attorney General Highest law officer in India
Advocate general for the -
states

Non-constitutional bodies & their composition:

Name of the non Composition

constitutional body

National Development The NDC is composed of the following members.

Council 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 It is a multi-member body consisting of a chairman and

Commission four members.

State Human Rights It is a multi-member body consisting of a chairperson

Commission and two
 Members

Central Information The Commission consists of a Chief Information

Commission Commissioner and not more than ten Information
Commissioners

State Information The Commission consists of a State Chief Information

Commission Commissioner and not more than ten State
Information Commissioners

Central Vigilance CVC is a multi-member body consisting of a Central

Commission Vigilance Commissioner (chairperson) and
not more than two vigilance commissioners.

Central Bureau of The CBI is headed by a Director. He is assisted by a

Investigation 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.