Consider the following statements :
- 1. The Constitution of India empowers the Union to entrust its executive function to a State, by its consent.
- 2. A State cannot entrust its executive function to the Union.
Which of the above statements is/are not correct ?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC SO-Steno – 2017
Statement 2 is incorrect. Article 258A (inserted by the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956) allows the Governor of a State, with the consent of the Government of India, to entrust any function to that Government or its officers in relation to any matter to which the executive power of the State extends. Thus, a State *can* entrust its executive function to the Union.