The Indian Constitution divides legislative powers between the Union and State governments. However, during emergencies, the Union Parliament can legislate on subjects in the State List.
Assertion [A] : Subjects such as agriculture, police, and prisons come under the State list as per the Constitution. Reason [R] : Union Government, under special circumstances, can make laws on subjects mentioned in the State List if the State Government is not functioning according to constitutional provisions. Codes :
Asked in Paper I 4 · Topic: The Centre-State Relations (Legislative Relations: Distribution of Powers (Union, State, Concurrent Lists))
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Answer: A. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
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