UPPSC 2012 GS-1 Indian Polity
Question

The Parliament can legislate on a subject in the State list

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B:  if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “ if the Rajya Sabha passes such a resolution”.

Article 249 states that if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, declaring that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest that Parliament should make laws on any subject mentioned in the State List, then Parliament shall have the power to make laws on that subject for the whole or any part of the territory of India.

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