Legislative Relations — Amendments

Amendment	Year	Description	Impact
7th Amendment	1956	Reorganized the Seventh Schedule by transferring several subjects between lists and adding new entries to accommodate the reorganization of states on linguistic basis	Strengthened Centre-State legislative relations by clarifying jurisdictional boundaries and reducing potential conflicts during state reorganization
42nd Amendment	1976	Transferred five important subjects from State List to Concurrent List: education, forests, weights and measures, protection of wild animals and birds, and administration of justice	Significantly altered the federal balance by expanding Central legislative powers and reducing State autonomy in crucial areas like education and environmental protection
101st Amendment	2016	Introduced Article 279A establishing the GST Council as a constitutional body for Centre-State cooperation in indirect taxation	Created a new model of cooperative federalism in legislative matters, requiring consensus between Centre and States for tax policy decisions

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