The Indian Union List, as outlined in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, currently encompasses 100 subjects, including defense, foreign affairs, banking, currency, and atomic energy, over which the Parliament can legislate.
Key Subjects of the Union List:
Defense and Armed Forces: This includes the army, navy, air force, and any other armed forces of the Union.
Foreign Affairs: This encompasses all matters that bring the Union into relation with any foreign country, including diplomatic, consular, and trade representation.
Banking, Currency, and Coinage: This includes the regulation of banking, currency, and the issuance of currency.
Atomic Energy: This includes the production and utilization of atomic energy and mineral resources necessary for its production.
Interstate Trade and Commerce: This includes the regulation of trade and commerce between different states.
Census: This includes the taking of a census of the population of India.
Audit: This includes the audit of the accounts of the Union and the states.
Communication: This includes posts, telegraphs, telephones, wireless, broadcasting, and other like forms of communication.
Naval, Military and Air Force Works: This includes the construction and maintenance of naval, military, and air force works.
Regulation of Labour and Safety in Mines and Oilfields
Constitution, organisation, jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court
Regulation and development of oilfields and mineral oil resources; petroleum and petroleum products; other liquids and substances declared by Parliament by law to be dangerously inflammable
Manufacture, supply and distribution of salt by Union agencies; regulation and control of manufacture, supply and distribution of salt by other agencies
Cultivation, manufacture, and sale for export, of opium
Sanctioning of cinematograph films for exhibition