The Constitution of India
Annual financial statement
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 202
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
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Official sourcecause to be laid before the House or Houses of the Legislature of the State a statement of the
estimated receipts and expenditure of the State for that year, in this Part referred to as the
“annual financial statement”.
(2) The estimates of expenditure embodied in the annual financial statement shall show
separately—
(a) the sums required to meet expenditure described by this Constitution as
expenditure charged upon the Consolidated Fund of the State; and
(b) the sums required to meet other expenditure proposed to be made from the
Consolidated Fund of the State;
and shall distinguish expenditure on revenue account from other expenditure.
(3) The following expenditure shall be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund
of each State—
(a) the emoluments and allowances of the Governor and other expenditure
relating to his office;
(b) the salaries and allowances of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly and, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, also of
the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council;
(c) debt charges for which the State is liable including interest, sinking fund
charges and redemption charges, and other expenditure relating to the raising of loans
and the service and redemption of debt;
98 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part VI. — The States)
(d) expenditure in respect of the salaries and allowances of Judges of any High
Court;
(e) any sums required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or
arbitral tribunal;
(f) any other expenditure declared by this Constitution, or by the Legislature of
the State by law, to be so charged.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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