Previous Year Question
In the Constitution of India, ‘Public Health and Sanitation’ is included in which of the following?
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India distributes legislative subjects among the Union List, State List and Concurrent List.
Entry 6 of the State List expressly includes “Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries.” Therefore, legislative authority over these subjects ordinarily belongs to the State Legislatures.
Under Article 246(3) of the Constitution, subject to clauses (1) and (2) of Article 246, the Legislature of a State has exclusive power to make laws for that State with respect to matters enumerated in the State List.
Therefore, Public Health and Sanitation is a subject included in the State List.