Where is the Constitutional power located enabling the Central Government to legislate on cow slaughter ?

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Where is the Constitutional power located enabling the Central Government to legislate on cow slaughter ?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

SSC

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0,15,11,7,4,0,15

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The correct answer is option 4, which is Article 48 in the Directive Principles of State Policy. Article 48 states that the state shall endeavor to organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and to take steps for preserving and improving the breeds of cows and for prohibiting the slaughter of cows and calves. This means that the Central Government has the constitutional power to legislate on cow slaughter based on this directive principle.

Option 1, Entry 17 in List III of Schedule VII, deals with the prevention of cruelty to animals and does not specifically mention cow slaughter.

Option 2, residua powers under Article 248, refers to the power of the Parliament to make laws on subjects that are not explicitly mentioned in any of the three lists in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. However, cow slaughter is explicitly mentioned in Article 48, making option 4 the correct choice.

Option 3, emergency powers, does not specifically relate to cow slaughter and is not relevant to the question.