Parliament enacted the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by using which Article of the Constitution, since protection of wild animals and birds was then a State subject?
- A.Article 249
- B.Article 250
- C.Article 252
- D.Article 253
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Article 252. Article 252 allows Parliament to legislate on a State subject for two or more States when the legislatures of those States pass resolutions asking it to do so, and the law then applies to those States and to any other State that adopts it later. Option A is wrong because Article 249 lets Parliament legislate on a State subject only after the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution declaring it to be in the national interest, and that route was not used here. Option B is wrong because Article 250 applies during a Proclamation of Emergency. Option D is wrong because Article 253 is used to implement an international treaty, and it was the route for the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 after the Stockholm Conference. The 42nd Amendment of 1976 later moved the subject to the Concurrent List.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Wild Life (Protection) Act, which banned hunting and gave legal status to national parks and sanctuaries in India, was enacted in which year?
- A.1972
- B.1980
- C.1986
- D.1991
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The Wild Life (Protection) Act received the assent of the President on 9 September 1972 and remains the principal wildlife law of the country, covering hunting, protected areas, trade in animal articles and the schedules of protected species.
Read the full explanation →After the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022, how many schedules does the Act contain?
- A.Three
- B.Four
- C.Five
- D.Six
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The amendment of 2022 rationalised the schedules of the parent Act: Schedule I now lists animals given the highest protection, Schedule II lists animals with a lesser degree of protection, Schedule III lists specified plants and Schedule IV lists specimens figuring in the appendices of the Convention on International Trade…
Read the full explanation →Under the schedules as restructured in 2022, specified plants are protected under which schedule of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972?
- A.Schedule I
- B.Schedule II
- C.Schedule III
- D.Schedule IV
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In the restructured Act the plant schedule moved from the old Schedule VI to the new Schedule III, and it still protects a short list of species such as the blue vanda, the pitcher plant and other threatened orchids and cycads, whose uprooting and trade are controlled.
Read the full explanation →A national park is declared under which section of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972?
- A.Section 18
- B.Section 29
- C.Section 35
- D.Section 38V
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Section 35 empowers the State Government to declare an area of adequate ecological or zoological importance as a national park, where no grazing is permitted and no rights of any person are allowed to continue.
Read the full explanation →Who is the chairperson of the National Board for Wild Life?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Prime Minister of India
- C.The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- D.The Chief Wild Life Warden
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The National Board for Wild Life was created by the amendment of 2002 under Section 5A of the Act as the apex advisory body on wildlife, and the Prime Minister chairs it.
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