Executive Summary:
The Appropriation No. 4 Act, 2015, authorizes the appropriation of ₹4921,06,27,472 from the Consolidated Fund of India to cover excess expenditures for specific services during the financial year that ended on March 31, 2013. The Act received presidential assent on December 31, 2015, and is effective as of January 1, 2016. It addresses expenditures exceeding the amounts originally granted for those services in 2013.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Act Title and Enactment:** The Act is titled the "Appropriation No. 4 Act, 2015."
* **Consolidated Fund Appropriation:**
* Authorizes the payment and application of ₹4921,06,27,472 from the Consolidated Fund of India.
* This sum covers excess expenditures for services during the financial year ending March 31, 2013.
* **Service Expenditures:** The funds are deemed appropriated for the services and purposes detailed in the Schedule.
* **Schedule Details:**
* Lists specific departments and services, including:
* Department of Posts (Revenue)
* Defence Pensions (Revenue)
* Defence Services-Army (Revenue)
* Defence Services-Navy (Revenue)
* Defence Services-Air Force (Revenue)
* Interest Payments (Revenue)
* Indian Audit and Accounts Department (Revenue)
* Department of Urban Development (Revenue)
* Specifies the excess amount for each service, broken down into "Voted portion" and "Charged portion" where applicable.
* **Total Excess Expenditure:** The total excess expenditure is ₹4921,06,27,472, comprising ₹4025,90,80,467 from the voted portion and ₹895,15,47,005 from the charged portion.
Impact Analysis:
* **Government of India:**
* Impact: The Act formalizes and authorizes the allocation of funds from the Consolidated Fund to cover past excess expenditures, ensuring compliance and proper accounting.
* Action Required: Implement the appropriations as specified in the Schedule and ensure accurate financial reporting.
* **Ministries and Departments Listed in the Schedule:**
* Impact: These departments are directly affected as the Act retroactively approves their overspending during the specified financial year.
* Action Required: Review the allocated amounts, reconcile with internal records, and ensure future budget adherence to avoid similar excess expenditures.
* **Indian Citizens/Taxpayers:**
* Impact: Indirectly impacted as the Act relates to the use of public funds.
* Action Required: No direct action is required, but the public can hold the government accountable for responsible fiscal management.
Key Entities Referenced
Appropriation No. 4 Act, 2015: An Act of Parliament authorizing appropriation of moneys from the Consolidated Fund of India.
Parliament: The legislative body of the Republic of India that enacted the Appropriation No. 4 Act, 2015.
President: The head of state who assented to the Appropriation No. 4 Act, 2015.
Consolidated Fund of India: A fund from which the sums specified in the schedule of the Act are authorized to be paid.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry responsible for publishing the Act.
New Delhi: The location where the Act was published, Union Territory of Delhi.
Department of Posts: A department with excess revenue expenditure listed in the schedule.
Dr. G. Narayana Raju: Secretary to the Government of India.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 1st January, 2016/Pausha 11, 1937 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
31st December, 2015, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE APPROPRIATION (No. 4) ACT, 2015
NO. 7 OF 2016
[31st December, 2015.]
An Act to provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the
Consolidated Fund of India to meet the amounts spent on certain services
during the financial year ended on the 31st day of March, 2013, in excess of
the amounts granted for those services and for that year.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2015. Short title.
2. From and out of the Consolidated Fund of India, the sums specified in column 3 of Issue of Rs.
the Schedule, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of four thousand nine hundred twenty- 4921,06,27,472
one crore six lakh twenty-seven thousand four hundred seventy-two rupees shall be deemed out of the
Consolidated
to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amounts spent for defraying the
Fund of India
charges in respect of the services specified in column 2 of the Schedule during the financial
to meet
year ended on the 31st day of March, 2013, in excess of the amounts granted for those certain excess
services and for that year. expenditure
for the year
ended on the
31st March,
2013.
3. The sums deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied from and out of Appropriation.
the Consolidated Fund of India under this Act shall be deemed to have been appropriated for
the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ended
on the 31st day of March, 2013.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1]
THE SCHEDULE
(See sections 2 and 3)
1 2 3
No. Excess
of Services and purposes Voted portion Charged portion Total
Vote
Rs. Rs. Rs.
13 Department of Posts...................................................Revenue 160,13,57,173 .. 160,13,57,173
21 Defence Pensions........................................................Revenue 3863,71,24,944 3,99,60,400 3867,70,85,344
22 Defence Services—Army ...........................................Revenue .. 176,60,35,739 176,60,35,739
23 Defence Services—Navy............................................Revenue .. 9,56,80,239 9,56,80,239
24 Defence Services—Air Force.....................................Revenue .. 9,36,28,914 9,36,28,914
CHARGED.—Interest Payments.....................................Revenue .. 695,24,86,901 695,24,86,901
40 Indian Audit and Accounts Department....................Revenue 2,05,98,350 .. 2,05,98,350
101 Department of Urban Development.........................Revenue .. 37,54,812 37,54,812
TOTAL: 4025,90,80,467 895,15,47,005 4921,06,27,472
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI—2016.
GMGIPMRND—3985GI(S3)—02.01.2016.