Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Mathew, Sushma; Sreedharan Nair, Jayadevan Title A name given to the resource Constitutional crossroads in India: perspectives from federal constitutional history on allocating competency over public health Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2026 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Critical Public Health;Volume;36;Issue;1;Article No.;2670842; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2026.2670842" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2026.2670842</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105039585501?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105039585501?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant George Mathew S., School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Sreedharan Nair J., School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru, India Description An account of the resource This article examines the nascent proposal in India advising that public health should be shifted from the exclusive state legislative list to the concurrent legislative list of the Constitution of India. This proposal raises complex constitutional, administrative, and political questions animating federal democracies about the roles of various levels of government in public health policy, administration and delivery. Unfortunately, the 15th Finance Commission (supported by other entities) does not provide full reasons for their proposal, or the constitutional, administrative and political dimensions of this proposal. In this context, this paper attempts to throw some light on the constitutional history of public health being a state subject in India, by examining seven pre-independence constitutional documents that briefly but clearly addressed the subject. All the constitutional documents illustrate how public health was at first devolved, thereafter distributed to state competency, and eventually settled for exclusive state competency. However, colonial administrators raised a constant caveat that devolution/distribution of powers over the subject should not deter the coordination of the subject. It is suggested that this caveat should inform the future debate on whether health should be a state or concurrent subject, especially since coordination is not possible unless the centre also has a minimum of legislative competency over the subject. The actual subjects/topics on which coordination in the field of public health is necessary is a matter appropriate for discussion and determination by public health professionals. 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor &amp; Francis Group. Subject The topic of the resource concurrent list;; Constituent Assembly debates; Feetham Functions Committee;; Government of India Act, 1919;; Government of India Act, 1935; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Relation A related resource ISSN: 9581596; CODEN: CPHRC Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Notes Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online