(IGP) GS Paper 1 - Indian Polity & Governance - "Emergency Provisions"

Subject - Indian Polity & Governance
Chapter - Emergency Provisions

Indian Constitution Recognize Three Types of Emergency

• National emergency (Art. 352)
• Financial Emergency (Art. 360)
• State Emergency or President’s rule or Central Rule (Art.356)

National Emergency

• It can be imposed under Art. 352
• Three grounds are given based on which emergency can be imposed: war or external aggression or armed rebellion
• President may declare national emergency in respect of the whole of India or part of the territory

For Detail Description, Analysis and More MCQs of the Chapter Buy this Study Notes:

Financial Emergency

• There are times when a country’s financial conditions may be in serious turmoil requiring extra powers for the Union Government to correct the situation.
• Such additional emergency powers are given during financial emergency to the Union Government under Art. 360.

State Emergency

• If the directions of the Union Government are not followed by a State, it amounts to a situation in which the government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
• Such a state can be brought under central rule under Art.356.

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