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Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1981.
1 THECONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES)ORDER, 1981
C.O. 115
Inexercise of the powers conferred by article 275of the Constitution, the President, after having considered the recommendationsof the Finance Commission, hereby makes the followingOrder, namely:--
1. This Ordermay be called the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues)Order, 1981.
2.The General Clauses Act, 1897 (10of 1897), shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of a CentralAct.
3.(1)In accordance with the provisions of clause (1)of article 275, there shallbe charged on the Consolidated Fund of India, in the financial year commencingon the 1st day of April, 1980,as grants-in-aid of the revenues of--
(a)each of the States specified in column (1) of the Table below, thesums specified against it in each of the columns (2)to (6)of the said Table, towards expenditure, of revenue and capital nature, onprogrammes for up-gradation of standards relating to the administration ofthe sectors and services mentioned in those columns:--
TABLE
| For upgradation of standards relating to | |||||
| State | Judicial administration | Police administration s | Jail administration | Revenue, District and Tribal administrations | Stamps. Registration and Treasury administrations |
| (Rupees in lakhs) | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 20.00 | 338.00 | 57.21 | 171.00 | -- |
| Assam | 6.19 | 412.35 | -- | 193.55 | -- |
| Bihar | -- | 496.24 | 62.93 | 185.00 | -- |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1.40 | 65.92 | -- | 19.66 | -- |
| Jammu and Kashmir | -- | 133.21 | 11.00 | -- | -- |
| Kerala | 0.56 | -- | -- | 7.45 | -- |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8.18 | 467.94 | 139.28 | 377.50 | 6.00 |
| Manipur | 10.50 | 113.53 | 25.17 | 100.00 | -- |
| Meghalaya | -- | 17.50 | 12.20 | 28.50 | -- |
| Nagaland | 27.00 | 50.00 | -- | 12.80 | -- |
| Orissa | 2.00 | 148.10 | 104.97 | 175.07 | -- |
| Rajasthan | 20.00 | 258.35 | 8.00 | 89.25 | 12.00 |
| Sikkim | -- | -- | 7.00 | -- | -- |
| Tamil Nadu | 1.00 | 373.38 | 340.00 | 3.28 | -- |
| Tripura | 25.85 | 33.07 | -- | 13.50 | 2.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 163.84 | 1749.73 | 304.48 | 405.45 | 105.79 |
| West Bengal | 110.05 | 250.08 | -- | 29.50 | -- : |
Providedthat the sum specified above shallbe expended on programmes formulated by the State Governments for upgrading thestandards relating to the administration of the sectors and services specifiedabove and approved by the Central Government:
Providedfurther that if the actual expenditure on approved programme or programmesrelating to any administration, as revealed in the accounts of that year, islower than the amount of grant specified above against that administration, theamount so paid in excess shallbe adjusted against any sum or sums which may become payable to that State inany of the succeeding years for the same purpose or any other purpose;
(b) each of the States specified incolumn (1) of the Table below, the sums specified against itin column (2) of the Table, towards net interest liability onaccount of fresh borrowings and lendings of each of those States, in thefinancial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1979,as per the recommendations of the Finance Commission in this regard:--
TABLE
| State | (Rs. in lakhs) |
| 1 | 2 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5.48 |
| Manipur | 40.93 |
| Meghalaya | 5.28 |
| Nagaland | 10.95 |
| Orissa | 27.37 |
| Sikkim | 1.64 |
| Tripura | 7.15: |
Providedthat if the figures of actual borrowings and lendings as revealed in theaccounts of that year, or the rates of interest on borrowings are different fromthe relevant figures taken into account in determining the grants specifiedabove, the amount of grant so paid shallbe adjusted against any sum or sums which may become payable to that State inany of the succeeding years for the same purpose or any other purpose.
(2)Any sum or sums payable under classes (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph(1) to any State, in the financial year commencing on the 1stday of April, 1980 shallbe in addition to the sum or sums payable to that State in that financial yearin pursuance of sub-paragraph(7) of paragraph 4 of the Constitution(Distribution of Revenues) Order,19792 .
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1.Published with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, NotificationNo. G.S.R. 212(E),dated the 26thMarch, 1981,Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1981.P. 11,Sec. 3(i),p. 518.
2.C.O. 112,supra.