- Article 248 of the Indian Constitution deals with residuary powers of legislation. - It states that Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List. - Entry 97 of the Union List also provides Parliament with the exclusive power to legislate on any matter not specified in List II or List III and any tax not mentioned in either of those Lists.
The Parliament of India can make use of the residuary powers
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2023 · Topic: The Centre-State Relations (Legislative Relations: Distribution of Powers (Union, State, Concurrent Lists))
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