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It applies to posts including Union and State Ministers, Members of Parliament and State Legislatures, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts and The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each oath contains specific phrases like \u201cfaithfully discharge the duties,\u201d \u201cbear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution,\u201d and \u201cuphold the sovereignty and integrity of India.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Schedule of Indian Constitution<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitution of India was adopted on January 26, 1950 which consists of 8 Schedules initially which expanded to 12 Schedule of Indian Constitution through amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Check:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/7th-schedule-of-indian-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\">7th schedule of indian constitution<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/1st-schedule-of-indian-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>1st Schedule of Indian Constitution<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>3rd Schedule of Indian Constitution Provisions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 3rd Schedule of Indian Constitution prescribes the Forms of Oaths or Affirmations for various constitutional authorities. These forms are legally binding and ensure allegiance to the Constitution and the sovereignty of India. Here\u2019s the list of constitutional posts along with their corresponding Articles:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Ministers of India &#8211; Article 75(4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament Election Candidates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of Parliament (MPs) &#8211; Article 99<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supreme Court Judges &#8211; Article 124(6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comptroller and Auditor General &#8211; Article 148(2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Ministers &#8211; Article 164(3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Legislature Election\u2019s Candidates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Legislature Members &#8211; Article 188<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High Court Judges &#8211; Article 219<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Keywords Associated With Different Posts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oaths or affirmations under the 3rd Schedule of Indian Constitution differ slightly based on the nature of the post which are discussed in the table below:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80.8846%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tb-color\" style=\"text-align: center; width: 104.427%;\" colspan=\"2\"><b>Keywords Associated With Different Posts<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 38.6719%;\"><strong>Post<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 65.7552%;\"><strong>Key Phrases in the Oath<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Ministers of India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India; Oath of secrecy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament Election Candidates<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of Parliament (MPs)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supreme Court Judges<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the Constitution and the laws<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the Constitution and the laws<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Ministers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India; Oath of secrecy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Legislature Election Candidates<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Legislature Members<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 38.6719%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High Court Judges<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65.7552%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uphold the Constitution and the laws<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Schedule of Indian Constitution lists oaths for key posts like MPs, Ministers, Judges, and CAG, affirming allegiance to the Constitution and India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[1904],"class_list":{"0":"post-57443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-3rd-schedule-of-indian-constitution","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}