In Depth: Seventh Schedule- Centre & State

The Constitution of India is the supreme law governing the country.. It frames fundamental political principles, procedures, practices, rights, powers, and duties of the government.
The constitutional provisions in India on the subject of distribution of legislative powers between the Union and the States are defined under several articles and schedules..
The seventh schedule under Article 246 of the constitution deals with the division of powers between the union and the states.
It contains three lists Union List, State List and Concurrent List.
The union list details the subjects on which Parliament may make laws while the state list details those under the purview of state legislatures.
The concurrent list on the other hand has subjects in which both Parliament and state legislatures have jurisdiction.
However the Constitution provides federal supremacy to Parliament on concurrent list items in case of a conflict.
Today in In Depth we are discussing the 7th schedule of the constitution, the lists it includes and the features of our constitution.

Anchor: Smriti Rastogi