Constitution Order 202 - The Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 4 Order, 2004 in Constitution of India, 1950
The Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 4 Order, 2004.
1THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) NO. 4 ORDER, 2004
"C.O.202"
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) No. 4 Order, 2004.
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, 2003, as grants-in-aid of the revenues of--
(a) each of the States specified in column (1) of the Table below, the sums specified against it in column (2) of the said Table towards grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions:--
TABLE
| | |
| State | Rupees in lakhs |
| | |
| (1) | (2) |
| | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 30409.66 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1670.55 |
| Assam | 4668.95 |
| Bihar | 10875.00 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2100.19 |
| Haryana | 2941.75 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1313.38 |
| Karnataka | 11823.52 |
| Kerala | 6592.58 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10109.00 |
| Maharashtra | 6567.28 |
| Manipur | 187.70 |
| Meghalaya | 768.24 |
| Mizoram | 157.11 |
| Orissa | 3455.88 |
| Sikkim | 158.77 |
| Tamil Nadu | 13983.54 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 23342.66 |
| Uttaranchal | 1520.00: |
Provided that the sums specified above shall be paid to the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the said financial year by a State Government and these sums shall be in addition to the sums flowing to the Panchayati Raj Institutions from the State Government:
Provided further that the sums specified above shall be expended by Panchayati Raj Institutions as per the recommendations of the Eleventh Finance Commission contained in Chapter VIII of its report and in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government for utilisation of the grants;
(b) each of the States specified in column (1) of the Table below, the sums specified against it in column (2) of the said Table towards grants for Urban Local Bodies:--
TABLE
| | |
| State | Rupees in lakhs |
| | |
| (1) | (2) |
| | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4939.71 |
| Chhattisgarh | 286.11 |
| Haryana | 732.80 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 77.84 |
| Kerala | 1504.91 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3822.00 |
| Mizoram | 76.89 |
| Orissa | 1198.80 |
| Rajasthan | 1988.32 |
| Sikkim | 6.24 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3867.34 |
| Tripura | 120.48 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4557.64 |
| West Bengal | 3949.78: |
Provided that the sums specified above shall be paid to the Urban Local Bodies in the said financial year by a State Government and these sums shall be in addition to the sums flowing to the Urban Local Bodies from the State Government:
Provided further that the sums specified above shall be expended by Urban Local Bodies in terms of the recommendations of the Eleventh Finance Commission as contained in Chapter VIII of its report and in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government for utilisation of the grants:
Provided also that the unutilised grant for a particular year may be carried forward to next year and the grant which remainsunutilised will be credited to the Incentive Fund during 2004-05 from which fiscal performance based grants are to be released to all the States.
(2) Any sum or sums payable under sub-paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any sum or sums payable to the States under each of the provisos to clause (1) of article 275.
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1. Published with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Notification No. G.S.R. 233(E), dated the 29 March 2004, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 2004, Part, II, Section 3,sub-section (i).