The Constitution of India
Consolidated Funds and public accounts of India and of the States
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 266
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourcethe provisions of article 267 and to the provisions of this Chapter with respect to the
assignment of the whole or part of the net proceeds of certain taxes and duties to States, all
revenues received by the Government of India, all loans raised by that Government by the
issue of treasury bills, loans or ways and means advances and all moneys received by that
Government in repayment of loans shall form one consolidated fund to be entitled “the
Consolidated Fund of India”, and all revenues received by the Government of a State, all
loans raised by that Government by the issue of treasury bills, loans or ways and means
advances and all moneys received by that Government in repayment of loans shall form one
consolidated fund to be entitled “the Consolidated Fund of the State”.
(2) All other public moneys received by or on behalf of the Government of India or the
Government of a State shall be credited to the public account of India or the public account
of the State, as the case may be.
(3) No moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of a
State shall be appropriated except in accordance with law and for the purposes and in the
manner provided in this Constitution.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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