Executive Summary:
The Appropriation Railways Act, 2017, authorizes the appropriation of funds from the Consolidated Fund of India to cover expenses for railway services during the financial year ending March 31, 2014. This act addresses amounts spent in excess of what was originally granted for those services. The Act received presidential assent on March 31, 2017, and is published for general information.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Act Title and Enactment:**
* The Act is called the Appropriation Railways Act, 2017.
* It was enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India.
* **Appropriation of Funds:**
* Authorizes the payment of ₹2734,90,64,750 from the Consolidated Fund of India.
* These funds are allocated to meet expenditures for railway services during the financial year that ended on March 31, 2014, which exceeded the initially granted amounts.
* **Schedule of Appropriations:**
* Details the specific services and purposes for which funds are appropriated, including:
* General Superintendence and Services on Railways.
* Repairs and Maintenance of Permanent Way and Works.
* Repairs and Maintenance of Motive Power, Carriages and Wagons, and Plant and Equipment.
* Operating Expenses for Rolling Stock and Equipment, Traffic, and Fuel.
* Staff Welfare and Amenities.
* Provident Fund, Pension, and Other Retirement Benefits.
* Dividend to General Revenues, Repayment of Loans, and Amortization of Over-Capitalization.
* Assets Acquisition, Construction, and Replacement.
Impact Analysis:
* **Ministry of Railways:**
* Impact: Authorizes the use of specified funds to cover past expenditures, ensuring financial accountability for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
* Action Required: Ensure funds are applied as specified in the schedule for the respective services and purposes.
* **Consolidated Fund of India:**
* Impact: Specifies the authorized withdrawal of funds for railway expenditures.
* Action Required: Release the specified amount as per the Act's provisions.
* **General Public:**
* Impact: Provides transparency regarding the allocation of public funds for railway services.
* Action Required: No direct action required; for informational purposes.
Key Entities Referenced
Appropriation Railways Act, 2017: An Act of Parliament to provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India for Railways.
Parliament: The legislative body that enacted the Appropriation Railways Act, 2017.
Consolidated Fund of India: The fund from which moneys are appropriated to meet the amounts spent on Railways.
New Delhi: The city where the Ministry of Law and Justice is located and where the Act was published.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry responsible for the Legislative Department that published the Act.
President: The office that assented to the Appropriation Railways Act, 2017.
Dr. G. Narayana Raju: Secretary to the Government of India.
General Revenues: Revenues from which dividend is paid and loans are taken for Railways.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 31st March, 2017/Chaitra 10, 1939 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
31st March, 2017, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) ACT, 2017
NO. 8 OF 2017
[31st March, 2017.]
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
for the purposes of Railways during the financial year ended on the 31st day
of March, 2014 in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for
that year.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2017. Short title.
2. From and out of the Consolidated Fund of India, the sums specified in column 3 of Issue of
the Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of two thousand seven hundred thirty- Rs. 2734,90,64,750
out of the
four crore, ninety lakh, sixty-four thousand, seven hundred and fifty rupees shall be deemed
Consolidated
to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amounts spent for defraying the
Fund of India to
charges in respect of the services relating to Railways specified in column 2 of the Schedule meet certain
during the financial year ended on the 31st day of March, 2014 in excess of the amounts expenditure for
granted for those services and for that year. the financial year
ended on the 31st
day of March,
2014.
3. The sums deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied from and out of Appropriation.
the Consolidated Fund of India by 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, 2014.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 1]
THE SCHEDULE
(See sections 2 and 3)
1 2 3
No. Sums not exceeding
of Services and purposes Voted Charged
Vote by Parliament on the Total
Consolidated
Fund
Rs. Rs. Rs.
3 General Superintendence and Services on Railways............. .. 38,47,888 38,47,888
4 Repairs and Maintenance of Permanent Way and Works..... .. 86,69,734 86,69,734
5 Repairs and Maintenance of Motive Power ......................... 67,30,10,224 4,76,961 67,34,87,185
6 Repairs and Maintenance of Carriages and Wagons.............. 97,88,53,706 6,71,243 97,95,24,949
7 Repairs and Maintenance of Plant and Equipment............... .. 5,42,416 5,42,416
8 Operating Expenses—Rolling Stock and Equipment............ 110,75,35,038 39,96,570 111,15,31,608
9 Operating Expenses—Traffic................................................ .. 3,05,87,329 3,05,87,329
10 Operating Expenses—Fuel .................................................... 683,95,55,988 17,53,83,182 701,49,39,170
11 Staff Welfare and Amenities................................................... .. 2,67,456 2,67,456
13 Provident Fund, Pension and Other Retirement Benefits..... 732,76,13,946 19,17,139 732,95,31,085
15 Dividend to General Revenues, Repayment of loans
taken from General Revenues and Amortisation of
Over-Capitalisation............................................................ 168,79,61,789 .. 168,79,61,789
16 Assets—Acquisition, Construction and Replacement—
Capital................................................................................ 837,72,87,300 12,16,02,752 849,88,90,052
Railway Funds................................................................... .. 92,84,089 92,84,089
TOTAL : 2699,18,17,991 35,72,46,759 2734,90,64,750
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
GMGIPMRND—5757GI—31-03-2017.