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Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order,1995.
1THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) ORDER,1995
C.O. 157
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 275 of the Constitution, the President, after having considered the recommendations of the Finance Commission, hereby makes the following Order, namely:--
1. This Order may be called the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1995.
2. The General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of a Central Act.
3.(1) In accordance with the provisions of clause (1) of article 275, there shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India, in the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1994 as grants-in-aid of the revenues of each of the States specified below, the sums specified against it as representing the contribution of the Central Government towards State Calamity Relief Funds for affording relief in connection with natural calamities in the States:--
| State | (Rupees in lakhs) |
| (1) | (2) |
| 1. Andhra Pradesh | 4921.36 |
| 2. Arunachal Pradesh | 150.00 |
| 3. Assam | 2250.00 |
| 4. Bihar | 1312.50 |
| 5. Goa | 75.00 |
| 6. Gujarat | 6375.00 |
| 7. Haryana | 637.50 |
| 8. Himachal Pradesh | 1012.50 |
| 9. Jammu and Kashmir | 900.00 |
| 10. Karnataka | 1012.50 |
| 11. Kerala | 2325.00 |
| 12. Madhya Pradesh | 2775.00 |
| 13. Maharashtra | 0.00 |
| 14. Manipur | 75.00 |
| 15. Meghalaya | 150.00 |
| 16. Mizoram | 37.50 |
| 17. Nagaland | 75.00 |
| 18. Orissa | 2978.00 |
| 19. Punjab | 1050.00 |
| 20. Rajasthan | 9300.00 |
| 21. Sikkim | 225.00 |
| 22. Tamil Nadu | 1462.50 |
| 23. Tripura | 168.75 |
| 24. Uttar Pradesh | 3996.00 |
| 25. West Bengal | 3000.00 |
| total: | 46264.11 |
Provided that the sums specified above shall be expended in the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1994 on measures for affording relief in connection with natural calamities in the States:
Provided further that if the actual expenditure on relief measures as revealed in the accounts of that year, is lower than the sums specified above, the balance shall be available to the State Government for being kept as a resource for the next plan.
(2) Any sum or sums payable under sub-paragraph (1) to any State, in the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1994, shall be in addition to the sum or sums payable to that State in that financial year in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 2 Order, 1994.
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1. Published with the Ministry of Law. Justice and Company Affairs, Notification No. G.S.R. 307(E), dated the 30th March, 1995, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1995, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i).