Polity Notes: Center and State Relationship

Articles Related to Center and State Relationship

In Our Country there are three heads in Central State Relation i.e. 

1. Legislative Relation, 
2. Administrative relations, 
3. Financial relations.

Legislative Relation: Articles 245 to 255 in Part IX of the constitution explain with the legislative relations between the center and the states. There are four aspects in the Center-State legislative relations, i.e., 

• Territorial extent of Central and State legislation; 
• Distribution of legislative subjects; 
• Parliamentary legislation in the state field; 
• Center's control over state legislation.

Articles related to legislative Relations

Article No.	Subject Matter
245	Extent of lows made by parliament and by the legislatures of states.
246	Subject-matter of laws made by Parliament and by the legislatures of states
247	Power of Parliament to provide for the establishment of certain additional courts
248	Residuary powers of legislation
249	Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the state list in the national interest
250	Power of Parliament to legislate with respect to any matter in the state list if a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.
251	Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament under Articles 249 and 250 and laws made by the legislature of states.
252	Power of Parliament to legislate for two or more states by consent and adoption of such legislation by any other state.
253	Legislation for giving effect to international agreements
254	Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws by the legislatures of states
255	Requirement as to recommendations and previous sanctions to be regarded as matters of procedure only

Articles related to Administrative Relations

Article No.	Subject Matter
256	Obligations of states and the Union
257	Control of the Union over states in certain cases
257A	Assistance to states by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union
258	Power of the Union to confer powers
258A	Power of the states to entrust functions to the Union
259	Armed Forces in states in Part B of the First Schedule
260	Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside India
261	Public acts, records and judicial proceedings
262	Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers or rivers valley
263	Provisions with respect to an inter-state Council

Articles related to Financial Relations

Article No.	Subject Matter
268	Duties levied by the Union but collected and appropriated by the states
268A	Services tax levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the Union and the states
269	Taxes levied and collected by the Union but assigned by the states
270	Taxes levied and distributed between the Union and states
271	Surcharge on certain duties and taxes for purpose of the union
272	Taxes which are levied and collected by the Union and may be distributed between the Union and the states
273	Grants in lieu of export duty on jute and jute products
274	Prior recommendation of President require  to bills affecting taxation in which states are interested
275	Grants from the Union to certain states
276	Taxes on professions, trades, callings and employments
277	Savings
278	Agreement with states in Part B of the first schedule with regard to certain financial matters
279	Calculation of ‘net proceeds’.
280	Finance commission
281	Recommendations of the Finance Commission
282	Expenditure defray-able by the Union or a state out of its revenues
283	Custody of Consolidated Funds, Contingency Funds and moneys credited to the public accounts
284	Custody of suitors deposits and other money received by public servants and courts
285	Exemption of property of the Union from state taxation
286	Restriction as to imposition of tax on the sale or purchase of goods
287	Exemption of taxes on electricity
288	Exemption from taxation by states in respect of water and electricity in certain cases
289	Exemption of property and income of a state from Union taxation
290	Adjustment in respect of certain expanses and pensions
290A	Annual payment to certain Devasworn Funds
291	Privy purse sums of Rulers
292	Borrowing by the Government of India
293	Borrowing by states