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Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1982.
1 THECONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES)ORDER, 1982
C.O. 116
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 Order may be called the Constitution (Distribution ofRevenues) Order,1982.
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 provision of clause (I) article 275,there shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India, inthe financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1981,as grants-in-aid of the revenues of--
(a) each of the States specified incolumn (1) of the Table below, the sums specified against itin each of the columns (2) to (6) of the said Table,towards expenditure, of revenue and capital nature, on programmes forupgradation of standards relating to the administration of the sectors andservices mentioned in those columns:--
TABLE
| For upgradation of standards relating to | |||||
| State | Judicial administration | Police administration | Jail administration | Revenue, District and Tribal administrations | Stamps, Registration and Treasury administrations |
| (Rupees in lakhs) | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 20.12 | 431.25 | -- | 57.00 | -- |
| Assam | 18.31 | 261.62 | -- | 51.05 | -- |
| Bihar | 24.00 | 602.74 | 127.08 | 484.00 | 19.58 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.82 | 112.67 | -- | 17.54 | 8.00 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1.00 | -- | 11.50 | 58.94 | -- |
| Kerala | -- | 60.00 | -- | 13.00 | -- |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4.01 | 743.40 | 112.63 | 428.00 | -- |
| Manipur | 0.80 | -- | 7.80 | 147.00 | -- |
| Meghalaya | -- | 92.88 | 16.66 | 50.50 | -- |
| Nagaland | 28.00 | 100.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| Orissa | 15.16 | 261.54 | 89.45 | 355.47 | -- |
| Rajasthan | 16.60 | 427.49 | 5.00 | 49.50 | 34.00 |
| Sikkim | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tamil Nadu | -- | 173.57 | 210.82 | 17.03 | -- |
| Tripura | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Uttar Pradesh | 73.30 | 2028.93 | 283.55 | 7.40 | 18.78 |
| West Bengal | 3.70 | 79.78 | -- | 52.50 | -- : |
Providedthat the sums specified above shallbe expended on programmes formulated by the State Government 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 such 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, 1980,after taking into account the grants paid towards net interest liabilityunder the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1981 as per the recommendations of the Finance Commissionin this regard:--
TABLE| State | (Rs. in lakhs) |
| (1) | (2) |
| Himachal Pradesh | 39.15 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 679.06 |
| Manipur | 36.68 |
| Meghalaya | 22.45 |
| Nagaland | 76.28 |
| Orissa | 727.04 |
| Sikkim | 54.25 |
| Tripura | 30.28: |
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 account of grant so paid shall be adjusted against any sum or sums which may become payableto that State in any of the succeeding years for the same purpose or anyother purpose.
(2) Anysum or sums payable under clauses (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph(1) to any State, in the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April,1981, shall be in addition to thesum or sums payable to that State in that financial year in pursuance ofsub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 4 of the Constitution (Distribution ofRevenues) Order, 1979. "
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1.Published with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affaire NotificationNo. G.S.R. 271(E),dated 29thMarch, 1982,Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1982,P. II, Sec.3,(i) p. 362.