The subject 'population control and family planning' is placed in which list of the Seventh Schedule?

"Population control and family planning" is an entry in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule, so both Parliament and the state legislatures can make laws on it.

How it got there:

• This entry was added to the Concurrent List by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
• The same Amendment moved several subjects, such as education, forests, weights and measures, and protection of wild animals and birds, from the State List to the Concurrent List.

The three lists:

• The Seventh Schedule divides legislative subjects between the Union and the states, as provided in Article 246.
• The Union List contains subjects of national importance, such as defence, foreign affairs, banking, currency and atomic energy.
• The State List contains subjects of local importance, such as police, public health, agriculture and local government.
• The Concurrent List contains subjects on which both levels may legislate, such as criminal law, marriage and divorce, bankruptcy, trade unions and electricity.

Conflict in the Concurrent List:

• Under Article 254, if a state law on a Concurrent List subject conflicts with a central law, the central law generally prevails.
• However, a state law reserved for the President and given his assent can prevail in that state.

Policies on population:

• India was the first country in the world to launch a national family planning programme, soon after independence.
• The National Population Policy, 2000 aimed at stabilising the population by 2045.
• Health and family welfare programmes are run jointly by the Centre and the states.

Source of the idea:

The concept of a Concurrent List was borrowed from the Constitution of Australia.

Why not the other options?

• ✗The Union List and the State List are the other two lists, and this subject is in neither.
• ✗The Eleventh Schedule lists the subjects for panchayats and is not a legislative list.