Explain the terms 'Amendments' and 'Articles'? Why do we have such 'Articles' in Constitution?

explain terms amendments and articles
why do we have such articles in constitution?
thank you
ravi shanker

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Dear before knowing anything related to Indian Constitution, you should have basic details about the Constitution of India that are following as :

Indian Constitution is the world's largest written constitution
Indian Constitution is written by the all members of the committee and major members were - Dr. BR Ambedkar, C. Rajgopalchari, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Paten, Rajendra Prasad etc.
Indian Constitution is formed by the different parts of the constitution of various countries means a major part of this constitution is taken from the constitutions of other countries for example -

* Rule of Law, Single Citizenship, Cabinet System taken from British Constitution
* Fundamental Rights taken from US Constitution
* DPSP - Directive Principles of State Policy Taken from Irish Constitution
* Central Government Powers are taken from Canadian Constitution
* Freedom of Trade, Joint Sitting of Parliament is taken from Australian Constitution
* Liberty, Equality, Fraternity is taken from French Constitution
* Adjournment of Fundamental Rights while Emergency is taken from German Constitution
* Fundamental Duties and Justice Policy is taken from - Russian/Soviet Constitution
* Constitutional Amendment and Selection of the members of Senate (Rajyasabha -RAS) taken from South African Constitution
* Procedure According to Law and Ratification is Taken from Japanese Constitution

So you can see the type of our constitution that how it was constituted and the main part of our Indian Constitution is the Philosophy of Indian Constitution that is mandatory to know for each Indian

" WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA", having solemnly resolved to the constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND SECURE all it's citizens.

Now you have to know about the Amendment of the Constitution that is taken from South African Constitution

Amendment - The meaning of word Amendment is to make some changes in the natural text of written constitution means if something has already been fixed or decided by the Assembly as the law so Assembly will make changes again in that form means if any situation comes that can not be solved without making an amendment in the constitution then this process is done

Process of Amendment in Constitution of India : Indian Constitution is mixed constitution that is taken from various countries so this is not too hard and also not very soft as we may say that - 2/3 part of this constitution is rigid and 1/2 part of this constitution is flexible.

To make amendment in the constitution over any issue, a bill will be presented in any one of the - Senate or house of People but this bill is not presented in the senate of any state means only under Central Government and this bill should be approved by both Houses of Parliament

To Amend the constitution this is mandatory that at least 2/3 of the members of House of Parliament should be in favor of the Amendment and if the members are less than 2/3 of the total members then this bill will not be passed but this is not necessary that all members of the House of Parliament favors or neglect, some members may not be present at that time and some may walk out from the Parliament so this situation does not affect the amendment but total 2/3 of the members that are present while favoring should be in favor means members may be 100 out of 545 but 2/3 of the 100 members should be in favor of amendment then only this bill will be approved by the government and - "President of India" should be agreed on this process otherwise you may not present any bill in any House of People

Indian Constitution is done according and under Article - 368 mentioned in the constitution

Article in Indian Constitution : Article in Indian Constitution is like a statement or norm or rule mentioned in the Indian Constitution and considered as the supreme law of India and Supreme court of India also follows these articles of Indian Constitution and make decision for every case on the basis of these articles. Presently there are more than 450 Articles and 12 Schedules in Indian Constitution

Why Articles are there in Indian Constitution : As I have already mentioned that articles can be called rules or law in the Indian Government so Articles are most necessary part of our Indian Constitution and everything in the India controlled according to the Articles mentioned in the Constitution means if you act something against the Article then that will be considered illegal and you will get punished so Articles are the supreme law and CJI of India - Chief Justice of India make decisions on the basis of articles so you should understand the importance and follow. Some of the Important Articles are listed below :

Article - 14 : Law is equal for every citizen of India

Article - 15 : No Discrimination on any base

Article - 16 : Equality in Employment for all citizens of India

Article - 17 : No Untouchability on the basis of color, caste, religion etc.

Article - 18 : No titles, Comments on Sex, Religion, Caste, color etc.

Article - 51-A : Fundamental Duties

Article - 19 : Freedom of Speech to everyone but under limitation

Article - 12-35 - Fundamental Rights

Article - 21-A - Right to Elementary Education - Explanation : No one can stop you to get elementary education in India and if someone stops then that will be against the law so same follows for all Article written in the Constitution of India and each Article has different subject and rules that are very essential to be followed by every single citizen of India

Indian Polity and Constitution is the major part of General Studies subject that is asked in various competitive exams as - UPSC Exams, SSC Exams, Railways Exams etc. so if you want to get more knowledge over the constitution of India then you should buy these good books and you will get full details about it

DD Basu - Indian Constitution
Kashyap - Indian Polity and Constitution

All the best