Q. Which of the following statements are correct regarding article 27?
1. It prohibits the state from favoring one religion over another.
2. The taxes cannot be used for the promotion or maintenance of any one religion.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: Freedom from taxation for promotion of a religion
Article 27 lays down that “no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes for the promotion or maintenance of any religion or religious denomination.
This provision prohibits only levy of tax and not a fee.
The article would be violated if any tax collected in India were to be utilized for promotion and maintenance of any religious denomination
Source: Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
