Article 258A allows a State, through its Governor and with the Union's consent, to delegate its executive functions to the Union government or its functionaries. This is the inverse provision of Article 258, which allows the President to entrust Union functions to a State government or its officers.
Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides that the Governor of a State may, with the consent of the Government of India, entrust any State functions to that Government or its officers ?
Asked in UPSC SO Steno 2018 · Topic: The Centre-State Relations (Administrative Relations: Distribution of Executive Powers and Inter-Governmental Cooperation)
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