THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES)
No. 2 ORDER, 2002

 

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. 2, Order, 2002.

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, 2001, 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                15204.83

                Assam              4668.95

                Bihar                10875.00

                Chhattisgarh                6300.79

                Goa   278.19

                Gujarat                6960.87

                Haryana                4412.63

                Himachal Pradesh                1970.08

                Jammu and Kashmir      744.08

                Karnataka                 11823.53

                Kerala              9888.88

                Madhya Pradesh                15163.30

                Maharashtra                19701.88

                Manipur             563.15

                Meghalaya          768.24

                Mizoram             235.67

                Nagaland           386.01

                Orissa                10367.64

                Rajasthan                14728.44

                Sikkim                158.79

                Tamil Nadu                13983.54

                Tripura                 853.79

                                             Uttar Pradesh                35014.01

                Uttaranchal       4560.00

                West Bengal                17331.89:

 

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                4102.56

                Arunachal Pradesh                6.83

                Assam                 215.42

                Chhattisgarh                858.36

                Goa                 139.10

                Gujarat                1325.24

                Haryana                1099.20

                Himachal Pradesh                38.92

                Jammu and  Kashmir                156.58

                Karnataka                 1248.19

                Kerala                2257.36

                Madhya Pradesh                1274.00

                Maharashtra                9487.64

                Manipur                43.96

                Meghalaya                  26.98

                Mizoram                 115.34

                Nagaland                 17.86

                Orissa                1198.80

                Punjab                547.27

                Rajasthan                2982.48

                Sikkim             2.08

                Tamil Nadu                5801.02

                Tripura                 120.48

                Uttar Pradesh                6836.38

                Uttaranchal                237.58

                West Bengal                5924.66:

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 remain unutilised 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.

 

 

 

K. R. NARAYANAN,

President.

 

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SUBHASH  C.  JAIN,

Secy. to the Govt. of India.