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Financial Emergency and Dormant Constitutional Provision

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AI-generatedThe article discusses a dormant constitutional provision for financial emergency in India, triggered by PM Modi's appeal for conservation. However, no concrete commercial mechanism, price impact, supply chain disruption, or company-specific margin effect is reported. The event is purely political/legal with no immediate operational business impact.
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- PM Modi urged citizens to conserve fuel, delay gold purchases, and avoid foreign travel.
- Article 360 of the Indian Constitution allows the President to declare a financial emergency if India's financial stability is threatened.
- The provision was last invoked in 1950.
- The Supreme Court ruled it cannot compel the government to declare such an emergency.
- Article 360 was inspired by the U.S. National Recovery Act of 1930.
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