Special provision with respect to the States of *** Maharashtra and Gujarat
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The President can make the specified special arrangements for Maharashtra and Gujarat, including development boards and equitable allocation matters. These are targeted constitutional provisions for those States.
Temporary, transitional and State-specific arrangements, including legal continuity at commencement.
Why is this provision here?
State-specific and transitional circumstances can require tailored constitutional arrangements. The provision must be read for the particular territory, institutions and conditions it actually covers.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason. The later amendment records linked below document changes affecting this Article; their Bill statements explain those proposals, not necessarily every original clause or the complete present legal outcome.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 22, for art. 371 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 2. The words "Andhra Pradesh", omitted by the Constitution (Thirty-second Amendment) Act, 1973, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-1974). 3. Cl. (1) omitted by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-7-1974). 4. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 (11 of 1960), s. 85, for "the State of Bombay" (w.e.f. 1-5-1960). 5. Subs. by s. 85, ibid., for "the rest of Maharashtra" (w.e.f. 1-5-1960). 6. Art. 371A ins. by the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-12-1963).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.