Article 256 establishes the principle of the supremacy of parliamentary law over state law in the executive sphere. It grants the Union government the power to issue directions to state governments to ensure the effective implementation of central laws.
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : The executive powers of the state are exercised to ensure the compliance of the law of the Parliament and the laws applied in the state. Reason (R) : The government of India can give necessary direction to the states by using its executive powers. Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Codes :
Asked in RO ARO 2020 · Topic: The Centre-State Relations (Administrative Relations: Distribution of Executive Powers and Inter-Governmental Cooperation)
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Answer: A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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