Part IX – Panchayats – Articles 243 to 243(O) Part IXA – Municipalities – Articles 243(P) to 243(ZG) Part IXB – Co-operative societies – Articles 243(ZH) to 243(ZT) Part X – Scheduled and tribal areas – Articles 244 to 244A Part XI – Relations between the Union and the States – Articles 245 to 263 Part XII – Finance, property, contracts and suits – Articles 264 to 300A Part XIII – Trade and commerce within India – Articles 301 to 307 Part XIV – Services under the union and states – Articles 308 to 323 Part XIVA – Tribunals – Articles 323A to 323B Part XV – Elections – Articles 324 to 329A Part XVI – Special provisions relating to certain classes – Articles 330 to 342 Part XVII – Languages – Articles 343 to 351 Part XVIII – Emergency provisions – Articles 352 to 360 Part XIX – Miscellaneous – Articles 361 to 367 Part XX – Amendment of the Constitution – Articles 368 Part XXI – Temporary, transitional and special provisions – Articles 369 to 392 Part XXII – Short title, date of commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals – Articles 393 to 395 Schedules Schedules are lists in the constitution which categorise and tabulate bureaucratic activity and government policy. Appendices Appendix IThe Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954 Appendix IIRe-statement, referring to the constitution's present text, of exceptions and modifications applicable to the state of Jammu and Kashmir Appendix IIIExtracts from the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978 Appendix IVThe Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 Appendix VThe Constitution (Eighty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2003 Governmental sources of power The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government receive their power from the constitution and are bound by it. With the aid of its constitution, India is governed by a parliamentary system of government with the executive directly accountable to the legislature. Under Articles 52 and 53: the president of India is head of the executive branch Under Article 60: the duty of preserving, protecting, and defending the constitution and the law. Under Article 74: the prime minister is the head of the Council of Ministers, which aids and advises the president in the performance of their constitutional duties. Under Article 75(3): the Council of Ministers is answerable to the lower house. The constitution is considered federal in nature, and unitary in spirit. It has features of a federation,