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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Article 282 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Union and any State to make discretionary grants for any public purpose, even outside their normal legislative competence.
- How does an Article 282 grant differ from an Article 275 grant-in-aid?
- Why are centrally sponsored schemes considered constitutionally significant under Article 282?
- Can a State use Article 282 to give money to the Union?
- Why do States object to the Centre's use of Article 282?

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Article 282 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Union and any State to make discretionary grants for any public purpose, even outside their normal legislative competence.

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In 2015 the NITI Aayog sub-group of chief ministers, chaired by Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, recommended rationalising centrally sponsored schemes funded under Article 282 into umbrella programmes with fixed 60:40 Centre-State sharing ratios.

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