Which among the following subjects are included in the "Concurrent List"?
(A) Banking
(B) Education
(C) Forest
(D) Trade Unions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (C) and (D) only
The Seventh Schedule divides law-making powers into three lists: the Union List (only Parliament makes laws), the State List (only the states) and the Concurrent List (both; a Union law prevails if the two conflict).
(A) Banking Incorrect. Banking is a subject of the Union List, since money, credit and banks need one law for the whole country.
(B) Education Correct. Education was a State subject until the 42nd Amendment (1976) moved it to the Concurrent List.
(C) Forest Correct. Forests were also moved from the State List to the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment.
(D) Trade Unions Correct. Trade unions, and industrial and labour disputes, are an entry of the Concurrent List.