Union List


The Union List or List-I is a list of 98 numbered items) given in Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India on which Parliament has exclusive power to legislate. The legislative section is divided into three lists: Union List, State List and Concurrent List. Unlike the federal governments of the United States, Switzerland or Australia, residual powers remain with the Union Government, as with the Canadian federal government.
There are 97 items on the list, of which one is no longer in force. These are:
petroleum crude;
high speed diesel;
motor spirit ;
natural gas;
aviation turbine fuel; and
tobacco and tobacco products