Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India
E545560
The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that divides legislative subjects between the Union and the states, defining their respective areas of law-making authority.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5739185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India Context triple: [State Governments of India, derivePowersFrom, Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India]
-
A.
Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India
The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India lists the powers, authority, and responsibilities of urban local bodies (municipalities), forming a key part of the framework for urban governance and decentralization.
-
B.
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.
-
C.
Eighth Schedule
The Eighth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and details specific constitutional provisions, often relating to administrative or structural arrangements of government.
-
D.
Ninth Schedule
The Ninth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and organizes key public offices and institutions for constitutional and administrative purposes.
-
E.
Part IXA of the Constitution of India
Part IXA of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that establishes and governs urban local self-government institutions (municipalities) to promote decentralized governance in Indian cities and towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India Target entity description: The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that divides legislative subjects between the Union and the states, defining their respective areas of law-making authority.
-
A.
Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India
The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India lists the powers, authority, and responsibilities of urban local bodies (municipalities), forming a key part of the framework for urban governance and decentralization.
-
B.
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.
-
C.
Eighth Schedule
The Eighth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and details specific constitutional provisions, often relating to administrative or structural arrangements of government.
-
D.
Ninth Schedule
The Ninth Schedule is a section of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that lists and organizes key public offices and institutions for constitutional and administrative purposes.
-
E.
Part IXA of the Constitution of India
Part IXA of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that establishes and governs urban local self-government institutions (municipalities) to promote decentralized governance in Indian cities and towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constitutional schedule ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 26 January 1950 ⓘ |
| allocatesConcurrentPowerTo | Parliament and State Legislatures for subjects in the Concurrent List ⓘ |
| allocatesExclusivePowerTo |
Parliament for subjects in the Union List
ⓘ
State Legislatures for subjects in the State List (subject to constitutional exceptions) ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various other constitutional amendments shifting subjects between lists ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
States of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Union territories of India (subject to constitutional provisions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | federal division of powers ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all legislative bodies in India ⓘ |
| classificationPrinciple |
matters of national importance placed in Union List
ⓘ
matters of regional or local importance placed in State List ⓘ matters requiring uniform national policy but also state participation placed in Concurrent List ⓘ |
| containsList |
Concurrent List
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State List NERFINISHED ⓘ Union List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| defines |
distribution of subjects for law‑making between different levels of government
ⓘ
division of legislative powers between Union and States ⓘ |
| enables | federal structure of India ⓘ |
| governs |
legislative competence of Parliament
ⓘ
legislative competence of State Legislatures ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Government of India Act 1935 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
High Courts of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding ⓘ |
| originallyEnactedOn | 26 November 1949 ⓘ |
| partOf | Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to prevent legislative overlap and conflict between Union and States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article 246 of the Constitution of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Article 248 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ residuary powers of legislation ⓘ |
| subjectCount |
Concurrent List originally had 47 subjects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State List originally had 66 subjects NERFINISHED ⓘ Union List originally had 97 subjects ⓘ |
| subjectCountNote | number of entries in each list has changed through constitutional amendments ⓘ |
| subjectExamplesConcurrentList |
criminal law
ⓘ
education ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ |
| subjectExamplesStateList |
police
ⓘ
public health and sanitation ⓘ public order ⓘ |
| subjectExamplesUnionList |
atomic energy
ⓘ
defence ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ |
| subjectTo | constitutional amendments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India Description of subject: The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is the constitutional framework that divides legislative subjects between the Union and the states, defining their respective areas of law-making authority.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Constitution of Malaysia
→
containsSchedule
→
Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Seventh Schedule – List of Federal and Concurrent Legislative Lists
this entity surface form:
State List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India
this entity surface form:
Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India
this entity surface form:
Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India