Constitution Order 223 - The Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 6 Order, 2007 in Constitution of India, 1950
The Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 6 Order, 2007.
1THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) NO. 6 ORDER, 2007
"C.O. 223
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 275 of the Constitution, the President, after having considered the recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission, hereby makes the following Order, namely:--
1. This Order may be called the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) No. 6 Order, 2007.
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, 2007, 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 Stale Calamity Relief Fund for affording relief to the victims of cyclone, drought, earthquake fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloud burst and pest attack in the States:
| table | |
| State | Rupees in lakhs |
| (1) | (2) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 33548.00 |
| Aruuachal Pradesh | 2184.00 |
| Assam | 22136.50 |
| Bihar | 5584.50 |
| Chhattisgarh | 15032.50 |
| Goa | 245.00 |
| Gujarat | 24686.50 |
| Haryana | 10728.20 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7770.00 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 6672.00 |
| Jharkhand | 4864.00 |
| Karnataka | 1398.00 |
| Kerala | 5733.00 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4667.00 |
| Maharashtra | 2000.00 |
| Meghalaya | 1294.50 |
| Mizoram | 501.00 |
| Orissa | 9134.00 |
| Punjab | 11226.00 |
| Rajasthan | 41366.00 |
| Tamil Nadu | 24305.50 |
| Tripura | 1460.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 22836.00 |
| Uttarakhand | 3622.00 |
| West Bengal | 18112.00 |
Provided that the sums specified above shall be expended in the financial year commencing of the 1st day of April, 2006 on measures for affording relief in connection with natural calamities specified above:
Provided further that if the actual expenditure on relief measures as revealed in the accounts of his year is lower than the sums specified above, the balance shall remain available to the State Government as part of the Calamity Relief Fund of the Slate.
(2) Any sum or sums payable under sub- paragraph (1) to any State, in the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2006 shall be in addition to the sum or sums payable to that Stale in the financial year in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 2006.
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1. Published by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Notification No. G.S.R. 250(E), dated the 28 March 2007, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 2007, Part, II, Section 3,sub-section (i).