HOME


                                             AS PASSED BY LOK SABHA ON

                                                         11TH MAR 1991

                                                   Bill No. 45 of 1991

THE PONDICHERRY APPROPRIATION (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) BILL, 1991


                                  A

                                 BILL

to provide  for the  withdrawal of  certain sums  from and  out of the
Consolidated Fund  of the  Union  territory  of  Pondicherry  for  the
Services of a part of the financial year 1991-1992.

     BE it  enacted by  Parliament in  the Forty-second  Year  of  the
Republic of India as follows:--

Short title.

     1. This  Act may be called the Pondicherry Appropriation (Vote on
Account) Act, 1991.

Withdrawal of Rs. 147, 34,29,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund
of the ion territory of Pondicherry for the financial year 1991-92.

     2. From  and out  of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory
of Pondicherry  there  may  be  withdrawn  sums  not  exceeding  those
specified in  column 3  of the  Schedule amounting in the aggregate to
the sum  of one  hundred and forty-seven crores, thirty-four lakhs and
twenty-nine thousand  rupees towards  defraying  the  several  charges
which will  come in  course of payment during the financial year 1991-
92.

2

Appropriation.

     3. The  sums authorised  to be  withdrawn from  and  out  of  the
Consolidated Fund  of the  Union territory  of Pondicherry by this Act
shall be  appropriated for  the services and purposes expressed in the
Schedule in relation to the said year.

3

                             THE SCHEDULE

                        (See sections 2 and 3)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
1              2                                       3
---------------------------------------------------------------------
No.    Service and purposes                  Sums no exceeding
of
Vote/                             Voted by    Charged         Total
Appr-                             Parliament  the Con-
opri-                                         solidated
ation                                         Fund
---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                      Rs.          Rs.      Rs.

1     Legislative    Revenue     46,30,000      1,45,000    47,75,000
      Assembly

2     Administrator  Revenue        28,000     12,47.000    12,75,000

3     Council of
      Ministers      Revenue     39,02,000       ..         39,02,000

4     Administration
      of Justice     Revenue     45,87,000       ..         45,87,000

5     Elections      Revenue      4,80,000       ..          4,80,000

6     Revenue and
      Food           Revenue   2,68,42,000      1,00,000  2,78,42,000

7     Sales Tax      Revenue     23,62,000        ..        23,62,000

8     Transport      Revenue     44,33,000        ..        44,33,000
                     Capital      2,50,000        ..         2,50,000

9     Secretariat    Revenue   1,11,40,000        ..      1,11,40,000

10    District Ad-
      ministration   Revenue   2,91,70,000        ..      2,91,70,000
                     Capital     89,11,000        ..        89,11,000

11    Treasury and
      Accounts Ad-
      ministration   Revenue     60,17,000        ..        60,17,000

12    Police  . .    Revenue   3,74,00,000        ..      3,74,00,000

13    Jails . . .    Revenue     11,46,000        ..        11,46,000

14    Stationery
      and Printing   Revenue   1,32,82,000        ..      1,32,82,000

15    Retirement
      Benefits       Revenue   3,21,07,000        ..      3,21,07,000

16    Public Works   Revenue  11,93,93,000      20,000   11,93,93,000
                     Capital   5,44,65,000        ..      5,44,65,000

17    Education      Revenve  21,03,71,000        ..     21,03,71,000
                     Capital        14,000        ..           14,000

18    Medical        Revenue   8,70,55,000        ..      8,70,55,000

19    Information
      and Publicity  Revenue     79,82,000        ..        79,82,000
                     Capital     47,50,000        ..        47,50,000

20    Labour and
      Employment     Revenue     93,40,000        ..        93,40,000

---------------------------------------------------------------------

4

---------------------------------------------------------------------
1              2                                       3
---------------------------------------------------------------------
No.    Service and purposes                  Sums no exceeding
of
Vote/                             Voted by    Charged         Total
Appr-                             Parliament  the Con-
opri-                                         solidated
ation                                         Fund
---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                      Rs.          Rs.      Rs.

21    Social
      Welfare        Revenue   4,74,24,000       ..       4,74,24,000

22    Cooperation    Revenue   1,06,66,000       ..       1,06,66,000
                     Capital   1,05,48,000       ..       1,05,48,000

23    Statistics     Revenue     17,02,000       ..         17,02,000

24    Agriculture    Revenue   3,16,97,000       ..       3,16,97,000
                     Capital     90,00,000       ..         90,00,000
25    Animal Husb-
      andry          Revenue     89,14,000       ..         89,14,000
                     Capital      1,00,000       ..          1,00,000

26    Fisheries      Revenue     86,72,000       ..         86,72,000
                     Capital     41,65,000       ..         41,65,000

27    Community
      Development    Revenue   1,53,33,000       ..       1,53,33,000
                     Capital     15,00,000       ..         15,00,000

28    Industries     Revenue   1,98,55,000       ..       1,98,55,000
                     Capital   4,29,00,000       ..       4,29,00,000

29    Electricity    Revenue  29,91,50,000       ..      29,91,50,000
                     Capital   9,08,63,000       ..       9,08,63,000

30    Ports and
      Pilotage       Revenue     12,50,000       ..         12,50,000
                     Capital   1,26,00,000       ..       1,26,00,000

      Public Debt    Revenue      ..         9,36,30,000  9,36,30,000
                     Capital      ..         6,76,41,000  6,76,41,000

31    Loans to
      Government
      Servants       Capital   1,42,50,000        ..      1,42,50,000


                                -------------------------------------

            TOTAL          131,06,46,000   16,27,83,000 147,34,29,000

---------------------------------------------------------------------

5

                   STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

     This Bill  is introduced  in pursuance  of section  29(1) of  the
Government of  Union Territories  Act,  1963,  read  with  section  31
thereof and  the Order of the President made on the 12th January, 1991
under section  51 of  that Act to provide for the appropriation out of
the Consolidated  Fund of  the Union  territory of  Pondicherry of the
moneys required  to meet  the expenditure  charged on the Consolidated
Fund and the grants made in advance by the Lok Sabha in respect of the
estimated expenditure  of the  Government of Pondicherry for a part of
the financial year 1991-92.

                                                        YASHWANT SINHA

                                ------

PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION UNDER SECTION 23 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UNION
                        TERRITORIES ACT. 1963

     [Copy of  letter No.  F. 2(43)-B(S)/91, dated the 3rd March, 1991
from Shri  Yashwant Sinha,  Minister of  Finance,  to  the  Secretary-
General, Lok Sabha.]

     The President,  having been informed of the subject-matter of the
proposed Bill  to provide  for the withdrawal of certain sums from and
out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Pondicherry for
the services  of a part of the financial year 1991-92 recommends under
sub-sections (1)  and (3)  of section  23 of  the Government  of Union
Territories Act,  1963 read with sub-section (2) of section 30 thereof
and the  order made  by him on the 12th January, 1991 under section 51
of the  said Act,  the introduction  of the  Pondicherry Appropriation
(Vote on  Account) Bill,  1991 in and the consideration of the Bill by
Lok Sabha.

     2. The  Bill will be introduced immediately after the Demands for
Grants  on  `account'  for  expenditure  of  the  Union  territory  of
Pondicherry for a part of the financial year 1991-92, have been voted.