*Emergency Provisions* ♟️The Indian Constitution contains elaborate emergency provisions to enable the President to meet any extraordinary situation effectively. ♟️The rationality behind the incorporation of these provisions is to safeguard the sovereignty, unity, integrity and security of the country, the democratic political system and the Constitution. ♟️The Constitution envisages three types of emergencies, namely: (a) National emergency on the ground of war or external aggression or armed rebellion16 (Article 352); (b) State emergency (President’s Rule) on the ground of failure of Constitutional machinery in the states (Article 356) or failure to comply with the directions of the Centre (Article 365); and (c) Financial emergency on the ground of threat to the financial stability or credit of India (Article 360).