Discuss the President’s emergency powers.

The powers enjoyed by the President during Emergency are:

a. The President can declare 3 types of emergency, National, State, and Financial Emergency.

b. The President can declare a national emergency when he receives a written request by the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.

c. State Emergency is also called as President’s Rule, due to the failure of constitutional machinery in the state. The governor of that state administers the state in the name of President. During this period the Parliament can make laws on the matters of subject list.

d. Financial Emergency is declared by the President when he is satisfied that the financial stability of the nation Is threatened. All the financial powers are subsumed by the President.