Article 356
Provides for President's Rule in a state when its constitutional machinery fails.
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Study materialThe Constituent Assembly: Drafting the Indian Constitution, B.R. Ambedkar and Key DebatesThe Constituent Assembly of India, established in 1946, was responsible for drafting the Indian Constitution, with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as its principal architect, and it engaged in significant debates on rights, representation, and the structure of governance. Current affairsInter-State Council (Amendment) Order 2026: Governors and Lt. Governors to Participate During President's RuleThe Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Inter-State Council (Amendment) Order, 2026 on September 19, replacing the original 1990 proviso to specify four situations — including President's Rule under Article 356 and Article 239AB — in which the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of a State or Union Territory shall be invited to attend Inter-State Council meetings. The amendment strengthens the Centre-State coordination mechanism during periods of central administration. Current affairsPRAHAAR: India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — A Whole-of-Government FrameworkThe Ministry of Home Affairs released PRAHAAR — India's first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy — on 23 February 2026. The eight-page doctrine integrates counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, cybersecurity, and coordinated response under a "whole-of-government" and "whole-of-society" framework anchored in the UAPA, PMLA, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Current affairsTaxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Parliament Grants Tax Exemptions to FIIs, Diamond Traders, Data Centres and Investment FundsParliament has passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — cleared by Lok Sabha on 6 August and Rajya Sabha on 10 August — replacing an Ordinance issued on 5 June 2026. The Bill grants income-tax exemptions to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on government securities, extends incentives for diamond and electronics manufacturing, removes restrictions on offshore investment funds, and expands data-centre tax benefits.
In previous-year questions
- Which Article of the Indian Constitution places a duty on the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance, forming the constitutional basis for counter-terrorism operations by the Centre?UPSC · Current Affairs
- Which constitutional provision primarily imposes a duty on the Union Government to protect every state against external aggression and internal disturbance, forming the constitutional basis for Central counter-terrorism operations under PRAHAAR?UPSC · Current Affairs
- Article 355 of the Indian Constitution imposes a duty on the Union to protect every state against external aggression and internal disturbance. This provision forms the constitutional basis for Central intervention in which of the following scenarios? 1. Deploying Central paramilitary forces for counter-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh. 2. Invoking President's Rule under Article 356 when a state government fails to protect law and order. 3. The NIA assuming jurisdiction over terrorist attacks in states under the NIA Act, 2008.UPSC · Current Affairs
- The Inter-State Council (Amendment) Order, 2026 notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 19, 2026 specifies that the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir shall be invited to attend Inter-State Council meetings when central administration is in force. This is governed by which statutory provision?UPSC · Current Affairs
- Article 239AB of the Indian Constitution, which provides for President's Rule in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment?UPSC · Current Affairs