In India, on which one of the following grounds can the salaries and a

In India, on which one of the following grounds can the salaries and allowances of persons serving in connection with affairs of the State be reduced?

[amp_mcq option1=”Financial emergency” option2=”Internal disturbance” option3=”Failure of the constitutional machinery in a State” option4=”Degradation of public morality” correct=”option1″]

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The salaries and allowances of persons serving in connection with affairs of the State can be reduced during a financial emergency.

Article 360 of the Indian Constitution deals with the proclamation of Financial Emergency.

During a Financial Emergency declared under Article 360, the Union Government can issue directions to any State to observe specified canons of financial propriety, including directions for the reduction of salaries and allowances of all or any class of persons serving in connection with the affairs of a State, including the Judges of the High Court. The other options do not provide a constitutional basis for such a measure applicable across the board to state employees.

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