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PART XII FINANCE, PROPERTY, CONTRACTS AND SUITS · CHAPTER I.— FINANCE · Miscellaneous Financial Provisions

Article 282: Expenditure defrayable by the Union or a State out of its revenues

The Constitution of India

The Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose, notwithstanding that the purpose is not one with respect to which Parliament or the Legislature of the State, as the case may be, may make laws.

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  1. 1. Assertion (A): The Union may make a grant for a public purpose even though the purpose relates to a matter on which only the State Legislature can make laws. Reason (R): Article 282 provides that the Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose, notwithstanding that the purpose is not one with respect to which Parliament or the State Legislature, as the case may be, may make laws.

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