Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Centre-State Relations pertaining to the three lists of the Indian Constitution:

The subjects which are not included in any of the three lists are called Residuary subjects.

If there is any conflict between the Union List and the State List, then the former prevails.

When the Parliament enacts a law on the request of two or more states, then that law made by the Parliament on the State List is applicable to all the states.

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Question

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 1: Subjects not included in any of the three lists (Union, State, or Concurrent) are called Residuary subjects and are under the authority of the Central Government. Statement 2: If there is a conflict between the Union List and State List, the Union List prevails as per Constitutional provisions, ensuring national supremacy. Statement 3 is incorrect; when Parliament makes a law on State List subjects at the request of two or more states, such law applies only to those states and any other states that adopt it later, not to all states.

IASPOINT · Accepted Answer

Only 1 & 2 Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 1: Subjects not included in any of the three lists (Union, State, or Concurrent) are called Residuary subjects and are under the authority of the Central Government. Statement 2: If there is a conflict between the Union List and State List, the Union List prevails as per Constitutional provisions, ensuring national supremacy. Statement 3 is incorrect; when Parliament makes a law on State List subjects at the request of two or more states, such law applies only to those states and any other states that adopt it later, not to all states.

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