2.4. Impacts of National Emergency

♤ The declaration of National Emergency brings about a lot of change in the constitutional set up of the country. The immediate effect of such a declaration is that the federal structure of the country is folded to a unitary one for purposes of uniformity of administration.

♤ The President acquires certain extra ordinary powers. He can issue directions or instructions to any State indicating the manner in which their executive power is to be exercised.

♤ These effects can be classified in the following way (refer the infographics)-