As we all know, the Constitution of India is the biggest law in which all kinds of rules and regulations are written which are necessary for the government and the citizens of the country to follow. The Constitution of India states the limits of every assembly, the central government, and many more. The Constitution of India describes the limits of every assembly, central government, and many more. Today we will talk about Article 73 of the Constitution which describes the extent of executive power of the Union.
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Article 73 Of The Indian Constitution Explanation
Article 73 of the Indian Constitution explains the extent to which the Centre has the power to act. There are 3 types of organs of the government and together they make policy decisions and implement laws. The first one is Executive, the Judiciary, and the last one is Legislative. Article
73 explains to what extent the Central Government can use executive power.
According to Article 73, the Union has so much power that it has the right to implement any law made by the Parliament.
The Union can exercise any of its rights, authority, or judicial capacity to the extent that it has been granted to the Government of India under any treaty or agreement.
- For example, if the Government of India tells a state that you people are not able to manage your state properly at this time, so give us the state to manage and that state agrees to the words of the Government of India, then the Indian Government can run that state without any problem. This makes it clear that the Union can use its executive power at such times.
Extent of Executive Power
As we have seen in the above example, the central government has huge power. The power of the union applies in many areas. We have listed some of the most important areas where the Union government exercises its executive power:
- Defense and national security
- Foreign affairs and international relations
- Interstate trade and commerce
- Communication and transportation
- Atomic energy
- Banking and Currency
- Central public services
Article 73 Of The Indian Constitution
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend—
(a) to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws; and
(b) to the exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the Government of India by virtue of any treaty or agreement:
Provided that the executive power referred to in sub-clause (a) shall not, save as expressly provided in this Constitution or in any law made by Parliament, extend in any State to matters with respect to which the Legislature of the State has also power to make laws.
(2) Until otherwise provided by Parliament, a State and any officer or authority of a State may, notwithstanding anything in this article, continue to exercise in matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws for that State such executive power or functions as the State or officer or authority thereof could exercise immediately before the commencement of this Constitution.
We have given detailed information about Article 73 of the Indian Constitution in this blog post, hope you have understood Article 73 well. If you still have any questions, you can ask us in the comments, we will try to reply to you as soon as possible.
