Practicing Success
The Constitution provided for the following lists of subjects: |
Combined list Union and State Union, State and Concurrent Union, State, Concurrent and Princely States |
Union, State and Concurrent |
The correct answer is Option (3) → Union, State and Concurrent The Draft Constitution provided for three lists of subjects: Union, State, and Concurrent. The subjects in the first list were to be the preserve of the Central Government, while those in the second list were vested with the states. As for the third list, here Centre and state shared responsibility. However, many more items were placed under exclusive Union control than in other federations, and more placed on the Concurrent list too than desired by the provinces. The Union also had control of minerals and key industries. Besides, Article 356 gave the Centre the powers to take over a state administration on the recommendation of the governor. |