Amended Provisions of the Constitution

Included two Kerala Acts on land reforms in the Ninth Schedule.

Did away with the provision which allowed appeal to the Supreme Court in civil cases involving an amount of '20,000, and provided instead that an appeal can be filed in the Supreme Court only if the case involves a substantial question of law.

Increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545.

Made special provisions to satisfy the aspirations of the people of the Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh.

Provided that the resignation of the members of Parliament and the state legislatures may be accepted by the Speaker/Chairman only if he is satisfied that the resignation is voluntary or genuine.

Included twenty more land tenure and land reforms acts of various states in the Ninth Schedule.

Terminated the protectorate status of Sikkim and conferred on it the status of an associate state of the Indian Union. The Tenth Schedule was added laying down the terms and conditions of association of Sikkim with the Indian Union.