Article 262
Article 262 is a Polity concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2017, 2020). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालीलपैकी कोणती बाब ही भारतातील अंतर-राज्य परिषदेच्या कार्यक्षेत्रातून वगळलेली आहे ? / Which one of the following matters stands excluded from the jurisdiction of Inter-state council in India ?
Under Article 263 of the Constitution, the Inter-State Council deals with coordination, investigating common interests, and discussing subjects of dispute, but disputes relating to inter-state river waters are specifically excluded and handled under Article 262 via separate tribunals.
खालील विधाने लक्षात घ्या : अ. भारतीय राज्यघटनेच्या कलम 262 नुसार संसदेला कायदाद्वारे आंतरराज्यीय नद्यांच्या किंवा नदी खोऱ्यातील पाण्याच्यासंबंधीच्या तंट्यांच्या अभिनिर्णया करता तरतूद करता येते ? ब. कलम 262 नुसार भारताच्या राष्ट्रपतींना आंतरराज्य नदी जलवाटप लवाद स्थापन करण्याचा अधिकार आहे. वरील विधानातील चुकीचे विधान/ने कोणते ? Consider the following statements : a. According to Article 262 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of interstate river water dispute. b. Article 262 empowers the President of India to set up an interstate river water dispute tribunal. Select the incorrect statement/s :
(a)भारतीय राज्यघटनेच्या कलम 262 नुसार संसदेला कायदाद्वारे आंतरराज्यीय नद्यांच्या किंवा नदी खोऱ्यातील पाण्याच्यासंबंधीच्या तंट्यांच्या अभिनिर्णया करता तरतूद करता येते ? / According to Article 262 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of interstate river water dispute.
(b)कलम 262 नुसार भारताच्या राष्ट्रपतींना आंतरराज्य नदी जलवाटप लवाद स्थापन करण्याचा अधिकार आहे. / Article 262 empowers the President of India to set up an interstate river water dispute tribunal.
Article 262 empowers Parliament to provide for adjudication of interstate river water disputes. However, the power to set up a tribunal is given to the Central Government/Parliament by law, not directly by the President's discretionary executive power.