UPSC Themes

UPSC CSE Mains 2018 · GS2

Under what circumstances can the Financial Emergency be proclaimed by the President of India? What consequences follow when such a declaration remain in force?

Theme

T88 Governor, President's Rule & emergency provisions

What UPSC asks in this theme

UPSC asks the Governor's role and assent powers, Governor's ordinances, decline in Art 356 use, and financial emergency.

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Writing the answer

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 4 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS22026

    Discuss the position of the Governor in the federal polity of India. What is the nature of his power while giving assent to a bill passed by the State Legislature? Is he bound by the aid and advice of his Council of Ministers in all his functions (250 words)?

  2. GS2202315 marks

    Account for the legal and political factors responsible for the reduced frequency of using Article 356 by the Union Governments since mid-1990s.

  3. GS2202215 marks

    Discuss the essential conditions for the exercise of the legislative powers by the Governor. Discuss the legality of re- promulgation of ordinances by the Governor without placing them before the Legislature.

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