Explain the three lists of subjects provided to balance the power sharing between centre and states.

In order to successfully implement Federalism in the country, the government finalised upon the idea of power-sharing by drawing out the list of subjects. The provision was as follows:

a) The national government (federal government) legislated on subjects that fell under UNION LIST. These included subjects of national importance, or ideas that required a uniform policy throughout the country for example defence, taxes and foreign affairs.

b) The STATE LIST contained subjects which were the sole responsibility of the state government. The legislation around these subjects must be specific to accommodate local concerns. These included categories like education and health.

c) There were certain subjects that required legislations from both centre and state governments, like family, agriculture and forests. Such subjects, which were the joint responsibility of the two levels of the government, were included in the CONCURRENT LIST.