Constitutional body (India)

In India, a constitutional body is a body or institute established by the Constitution of India. They can only be created or changed by passing a constitutional amendment bill, rather than by a regular, government or private bill.[1]

List of constitutional bodies

Article	Constitutional Bodies
76	Attorney General of India
148	Comptroller and Auditor General of India
165	Advocate General of State
243-I	State Finance Commission
243-K	State Election Commission
243ZD	District Planning Committee
243ZE	Metropolitan Planning Committee
263	Inter-State Council
280	Finance Commission
279A	Goods and Service Tax Council[2]
315-323	UPSC and State Public Service Commission
324	Election Commission of India
338	National Commission for Scheduled Castes
338A	National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
338B	National Commission for Backward Classes[3]
339	Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes Commission
340	Backward Classes Commission
344	Official Language Commission and Official Language Committee of Parliament
350B	Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities

References

Laxmikanth, M (2017). Indian Polity (Fifth ed.). Chennai, India: McGraw Hill Education. p. 51.2. ISBN 978-93-5260-363-3.

1. "How a bill becomes act". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
2. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. "THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016" (PDF). www.google.in. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
3. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. "THE CONSTITUTION (ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018" (PDF). www.google.in. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE. Retrieved 10 January 2019.