The State List in the Indian Constitution, also known as List II, currently comprises 61 subjects, granting state legislatures exclusive legislative power over these matters, including public order, police, public health, and agriculture.
Key Subjects on the State List:
Public Order and Police:
Public Health and Sanitation:
Local Government:
Agriculture and Irrigation:
Prisons:
Fisheries:
Markets:
Theatres and Dramatic Performances:
Intoxicating Liquors:
Relief of the Disabled and Unemployable:
Burials and Burial Grounds:
Communications:
Water:
Land:
Regulation of Mines and Mineral Development:
Pilgrimages:
Betting and Gambling:
Hospitals and Dispensaries:
Forests:
Weights and Measures:
Protection of Wild Animals and Birds:
Administration of Justice:
Note: The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 transferred five subjects from the State List to the Concurrent List: education, forests, weights and measures, protection of wild animals and birds, and administration of justice.