The Constitution of India
Annual financial statement
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- India
- Provision
- 112
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourcecause to be laid before both the Houses of Parliament a statement of the estimated receipts
and expenditure of the Government of India for that year, in this Part referred to as the
annual financial statement”.
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(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 India; and
(b) the sums required to meet other expenditure proposed to be made from the
Consolidated Fund of India,
and shall distinguish expenditure on revenue account from other expenditure.
(3) The following expenditure shall be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund
of India—
(a) the emoluments and allowances of the President and other expenditure relating
to his office;
(b) the salaries and allowances of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the
Council of States and the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People;
(c) debt charges for kwhich the Government of India 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;
(d) (i) the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of Judges of
the Supreme Court;
(ii) the pensions payable to or in respect of Judges of the Federal Court;
(iii) the pensions payable to or in respect of Judges of any High Court which
exercises jurisdiction in relation to any area included in the territory of India or
which at any time before the commencement of this Constitution exercised
jurisdiction in relation to any area included in 1[a Governor's Province of the
Dominion of India];
(e) the salary, allowances and pension payable to or in respect of the Comptroller
and Auditor-General of India;
(f) any sums required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or
arbitral tribunal;
1. Substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s.29 and Schedule for “a Province corresponding to
a State specified in Part A of the First Schedule” (w.e.f.1.11.1956).
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(g) any other expenditure declared by this Constitution or by Parliament by law to
be so charged.
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