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LOK SABHA
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LOK SABHA
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The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on 13th March, 2026:-
The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on 13th March, 2026:—
Bill No. 79 of 2026
BILL No. 79 OF 2026
A Bill to amend the Transgender Persons(Protection of Rights)Act, 2019.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of
India as follows:—
1.(1) This Act may be called the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Short title and
commencement.
Amendment Act, 2026.
5 (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
40 of 2019. 2. In section 2 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 Amendment of
section 2.
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—
(i)for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—2 THE GAZETTE OF IND2I A EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
‘(a) “appropriate Government” means—
(i) in relation to the Central Government or any
establishment wholly or substantially financed by that
Government, the Central Government;
(ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment 5
wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local
authority within a State, the State Government;
(iii) in relation to a Union territory or any establishment
wholly or substantially financed by the Central Government in that
Union territory, the Administrator thereof appointed under article 10
239 of the Constitution or such authority as may be specified by
the Central Government;’;
(ii)after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(aa) “authority” means a medical board, headed by a Chief Medical
Officer or a Deputy Chief Medical Officer, as may be appointed by the 15
Central Government, State Government or Union territory
Administration;’;
(iii)clause (i) shall be omitted;
(iv)for clause (k), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
‘(k) “transgender person” means— 20
(i) a person having such socio-cultural identities as kinner,
hijra, aravani and jogta, or eunuch, or a person with intersex
variations specified below or a person who, at birth, has a
congenital variation in one or more of the following sex
characteristics as compared to male or female development:— 25
(a)primary sexual characteristics;
(b)external genitalia;
(c)chromosomal patterns;
(d)gonadal development;
(e) endogenous hormone production or response, or
30
such other medical conditions; or
(ii) any person or child who has been, by force, allurement,
inducement, deceit or undue influence, either with or without
consent, compelled to assume, adopt, or outwardly present a
transgender identity, by mutilation, emasculation, castration, 35
amputation, or any surgical, chemical, or hormonal procedure or
otherwise:
Provided that it shall not include, nor shall ever have been so
included, persons with different sexual orientations and self-perceived
sexual identities.’. 40
Amendment 3.In section 4 of the principal Act, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
of section 4.
Amendment of 4.In section 6 of the principal Act,—
section 6.
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “District Magistrate”, the words
“District Magistrate, after examining the recommendation of the authority 45
and, if he considers either necessary or desirable, after taking the assistance of
other medical experts” shall be substituted;Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF IND3I A EXTRAORDINARY 3
(b) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted,
namely:—
“(4) The person who has been issued a certificate of identity under
sub-section (1) and is so declared as a transgender person within the
5 definition under this Act shall be entitled to change the first name in the
birth certificate and all other official documents relating to the identity
of such person.”.
5.In section 7 of the principal Act,— Amendment of
section 7.
(a)in sub-section (1), for the words “such person may”, the words “such
10 person shall” shall be substituted;
(b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted,
namely:—
“(1A) The medical institution in which the person who has
undergone surgery to change gender, either as male or female, shall
15 furnish the details of such person to the concerned District Magistrate
and the authority in such form and manner as may be prescribed.”;
(c) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(2) A person referred to in sub-section (1) shall also make an
20 application to the District Magistrate who shall, on receipt of an application
along with the certificate issued by the Medical Superintendent or Chief
Medical Officer, and on being satisfied with the correctness of such
certificate, issue a certificate indicating change in gender in such form and
manner and within such time, as may be prescribed.”;
25 (d)sub-section (3) and the proviso shall be omitted.
6. In section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for clause (f), the Amendment of
following clause shall be substituted, namely:— section 16.
“(f) representatives of the State Governments and Union territories
Administration, by rotation, one each from North, South, East, West and
30 North-East regions, not below the rank of Director in the concerned Ministry
or Department, to be nominated by the Central Government, Members,
ex officio;”.
7. For section 18 of the principal Act, the following section shall be Substitution of
substituted, namely:— new section for
section 18.
35 “18. Whoever,—
Offences and
penalties.
(a)compels or entices a transgender person to indulge in the act of
forced or bonded labour other than any compulsory service for public
purposes imposed by Government, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but
40 which may extend to two years and with fine;
(b) denies a transgender person the right of passage to a public
place or obstructs such person from using or having access to a public
place to which other members have access to or a right to use, shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six
45
months but which may extend to two years and with fine;
(c) forces or causes a transgender person to leave household,
village or other place of residence, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but
which may extend to two years and with fine;4 THE GAZETTE OF IND4I A EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
(d) harms or injures or endangers the life, safety, health or
well-being, whether mental or physical, of a transgender person or tends
to do acts including causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and
emotional abuse and economic abuse, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but 5
which may extend to two years and with fine;
(e)kidnaps or abducts any adult person and causes—
(i) grievous hurt to such person, whether by mutilation,
emasculation, castration, amputation, or any surgical, chemical, or
hormonal procedure; or 10
(ii) permanent or severe injury to the body or bodily
functions of such person,
with the intent of, or in the course of, compelling such person to assume,
adopt, or outwardly present a transgender identity against the will or
consent of such person, whether by force, allurement, deceit, undue 15
influence or otherwise, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment
for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend
to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine which shall not
be less than two lakh rupees;
(f)kidnaps or abducts any child and causes— 20
(i) grievous hurt to such child, whether by mutilation,
emasculation, castration, amputation, or any surgical, chemical, or
hormonal procedure; or
(ii) permanent or severe injury to the body or bodily
functions of such child,
25
with the intent of, or in the course of, compelling such child to assume,
adopt, or outwardly present a transgender identity, whether by force,
allurement, deceit, undue influence or otherwise, shall be punishable
with rigorous imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine which
shall not be less than five lakh rupees;
(g) by force, threat, coercion, allurement, deception, inducement, 30
or undue influence—
(i) compels any person, whether or not such person is a
transgender person, to dress, present, or conduct themselves
outwardly as a transgender person against the will of such person; and
(ii) employs, uses, or causes such person to engage in 35
begging, solicitation, servitude, or any other form of forced or
bonded labour while so presenting,
shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall
not be less than five years but which may extend to ten years, and shall
also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees; and 40
(h) by force, threat, coercion, allurement, deception, inducement,
undue influence or otherwise—
(i) compels any child, whether or not such child is a
transgender person, to dress, present, or conduct themselves
outwardly as a transgender person; and 45
4
(ii)employs, uses, or causes such child to engage in begging,
solicitation, servitude, or any other form of forced or bonded
labour while so presenting,Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF IND5I A EXTRAORDINARY 5
shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not
be less than ten years but which may extend to fourteen years, and shall
also be liable to fine which shall not be less than three lakh rupees.”.
8.In section 22 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),—
Amendment of
section 22.
(a) in clause (c), after the word, brackets and figure “sub-section (1)”,
5
the words, brackets, figure and letter “and the form and manner of details to
be furnished by the medical institution under sub-section (1A),” shall be
inserted;
(b)in clause (d), the word “revised” shall be omitted.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
It is the legislative policy to recognise a specific class of transgender persons,
who face social issues and to create a regime for their protection. The legislative
policy was and is intended to protect only those who face severe social exclusion
due to biological reasons for no fault of their own and no choice of their own.
2. Over the course of time, during the implementation of this enactment,
certain doubts and difficulties have arisen and are likely to arise with regard to the
expanse of the definition of transgender persons and how the identification of such
persons is to be done under the existing definition. This is critical to the
implementation of the Act, as it is of prime importance that the enactment is utilised
and works towards only those who are in actual need of such protection.
3. The intent, object and purpose of the Act is and was to protect a specified
class of persons socially and culturally known as transgender people who face
societal discrimination of an extreme and oppressive nature. The purpose was and
is not to protect each and every class of persons with various gender identities, self-
perceived sex/gender identities or gender fluidities.
4. The existing vague definition of the expression “transgender person” not
only makes it impossible to identify the genuine oppressed persons to whom the
benefits of the Act are intended to reach, but also makes the operation and
enforcement of several provisions under penal, civil and personal laws unworkable.
Such a vague and broad definition of the expression “transgender person” is found
to have created complex issues in the working of statutory enactments, as this vague
definition is not compatible with several statutory provisions of several enactments
enacted both by the Parliament and the State Legislatures. Any enactment conferring
rights, privileges and protections cannot have a definition clause whereby the status
entitling such rights, privileges and protections can be acquired.
5. It is therefore imperative to give a precise definition for proper and
definitive identification and protection of transgender persons to whom the benefits
of the Act must reach. The protection and benefits that are provided under the Act
are vast in nature, and therefore, care has to be taken that such identification cannot
be extended on the basis of any acquirable characteristics or personal choice or
claimed self-perceived identity of an individual.
6. The Bill also contains provisions for designation of an authority and
provisions providing the relevant authorities the option to seek expert advice if
required. The Bill also seek to empower the transgender persons to make
consequential changes in official documents. The Bill further provides for a change
in the constitution of the National Council ensuring that persons, not below the rank
of Director, form a part of the same as representatives of the State Governments and
Union territories administration, by rotation, one each from North, South, East, West
and North-East regions.
7. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 prohibits
discrimination and abuse against transgender persons but its penal provision under
section 18, as presently enacted, addresses only general wrongs and criminal
offences and prescribes a maximum of two years’ imprisonment. It does not
adequately address offences of exceptional gravity that have been documented in
practice. The abduction of adults and children, the infliction of reversible or
irreversible bodily harm upon them through mutilation, emasculation, castration,
hormone therapies / other similar therapies or chemical alteration, and their forced
assumption of a transgender identity, frequently as a prelude to economic and other
forms of exploitation including but not limited to begging or servitude has been
observed. While scattered provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 address individual
6Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 7
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elements of these wrongs, no existing provision treats this conjunction of abduction,
permanent bodily harm, and forced identity as a unified penal approach.
8. The Bill, therefore, also proposes to substitute section 18 of the principal
Act, creating specific offences with graded punishments that reflect the gravity of
the harm, the irreversibility of the injury, and the particular vulnerability of child
victims. The proposed provisions operate cumulatively with the general criminal
law and give legislative expression to the constitutional guarantees that every
person’s bodily integrity is inviolable, that no person may be subjected to forced
labour or traffic in human beings.
9. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
NEW DELHI;
The 12th March, 2026. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR.
78 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, if
enacted, is not likely to involve any expenditure of recurring or non-recurring nature
from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
8Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 9
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Clause 5 of the Bill seeks to insert sub-section (1A) in section 7 of the
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. The aforesaid sub-section of
the said section empowers the appropriate Government to make rules to provide for
the form and manner of details of a person who has undergone surgery to change
gender, either male or female, to be furnished by the medical institutions.
The matters in respect of which rules may be made and notification issued are
matters of procedure and administrative detail, and it is not practicable to provide
for them in the proposed legislation itself. The delegation of legislative power is,
therefore, of a normal character.
910 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
BILL No. 72 OF 2026
A Bill toauthorisepaymentandappropriationofcertainfurthersumsfromandout of the
ConsolidatedFund of India for the services ofthe financial year2025-26.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic ofIndia as
follows:—
1.This Act may be called the Appropriation Act, 2026. Short title.
2. From and out of the Consolidated Fund of India there may be paid and Issue of Rs.
5 applied sums not exceeding those specified in column 3 of the Schedule amounting 281289,26,00,000
out of the
in the aggregate to the sum of two lakh eighty-one thousand two hundred
Consolidated
eighty-nine crore and twenty-six lakh rupees only towards defraying the several Fund of India for
charges which will come in course of payment during the financial year 2025-26 in the financial
year 2025-26.
respectof the services specified in column 2 of the Schedule.Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 11
2
Appropriation. 3. The sums authorised to be paid and applied from and out of the
Consolidated Fund of India by this Act shall be appropriated for the services and
purposes expressed in the Schedule in relation to the said year.12 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
3
4
THE SCHEDULE
1 2 3
(Seesections 2and 3)
No. Sums not exceeding
of Services and purposes Voted by Charged on the
1 2 3
Vote Parliament Consolidated Total
No. Sums not exceeding
Fund
of Services and purposes Voted by Charged on the
Rs. Rs. Rs.
Vote Parliament Consolidated Total
Fund 54 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
Rs. Rs. Rs.
55 Ladakh………………………………………………… Revenue 63,20,00,000 .. 63,20,00,000
1 Department of Agriculture and FarmersWelfare……... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000 56 Lakshadweep………………………………………….. Revenue 18,35,00,000 .. 18,35,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000 Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
3 Atomic Energy………………………………………... Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000 58 Transfers to Jammu and Kashmir……………………... Revenue 5000,00,00,000 .. 5000,00,00,000
Capital 46,75,00,000 .. 46,75,00,000
60 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs………………. Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
6 Department of Fertilizers……………………………… Revenue 19230,00,00,000 .. 19230,00,00,000 Capital 1013,42,00,000 .. 1013,42,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
61 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting……………. Revenue 1744,64,00,000 .. 1744,64,00,000
7 Department of Pharmaceuticals……………………….. Revenue 2,30,00,000 .. 2,30,00,000 Capital 28,00,000 .. 28,00,000
Capital 37,00,000 .. 37,00,000
62 Department of Water Resources, River Development
8 Ministry of Civil Aviation…………………………….. Capital 150,01,00,000 .. 150,01,00,000 and Ganga Rejuvenation……………………………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
9 Ministry of Coal………………………………………. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000 Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
10 Department of Commerce…………………………….. Revenue 1084,88,00,000 .. 1084,88,00,000 64 Ministry of Labour and Employment………………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
11 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.. Revenue 1,00,000 1,60,00,000 1,61,00,000 65 Law and Justice……………………………………….. Revenue 2271,49,00,000 .. 2271,49,00,000
12 Department of Posts…………………………………... Capital 87,76,00,000 .. 87,76,00,000 66 Election Commission…………………………………. Revenue 10,20,00,000 .. 10,20,00,000
13 Department of Telecommunications………………….. Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000 68 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
Capital 236,18,00,000 .. 236,18,00,000
69 Ministry of Mines…………………………………….. Capital 28,39,00,000 .. 28,39,00,000
15 Department of Food and Public Distribution…………. Revenue 23641,28,00,000 .. 23641,28,00,000
71 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy…………….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
Capital 1,15,00,000 .. 1,15,00,000
72 Ministry of Panchayati Raj…………………………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
17 Ministry of Corporate Affairs……………………………. Revenue 6,00,00,000 .. 6,00,00,000
Capital 75,00,000 .. 75,00,000
18 Ministry of Culture……………………………………. Revenue 184,04,00,000 .. 184,04,00,000
73 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs…………………….. Capital 1,05,00,000 .. 1,05,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
76 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
19 Ministry of Defence (Civil)…………………………… Revenue 2188,81,00,000 31,00,000 2189,12,00,000
Capital 33,00,00,000 1,70,00,000 34,70,00,000 79 Ministry of Power………………………………...…… Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
20 Defence Services (Revenue)………………………….. Revenue 43507,97,00,000 7,73,00,000 43515,70,00,000 85 Ministry of Railways…………………………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
21 Capital Outlay on Defence Services………………….. Capital 1843,37,00,000 33,61,00,000 1876,98,00,000 86 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…………… Capital 17647,31,00,000 .. 17647,31,00,000
22 Defence Pensions…………………………………….. Revenue 391,01,00,000 49,00,000 391,50,00,000 87 Department of Rural Development…………………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
25 Department of School Education and Literacy……….. Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000 89 Department of Science and Technology……………… Revenue 138,28,00,000 .. 138,28,00,000
28 Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change….. Revenue 16,85,00,000 .. 16,85,00,000 91 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research …… Capital 1,28,00,000 .. 1,28,00,000
29 Ministry of External Affairs…………………………... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000 92 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
30 Department of Economic Affairs……………………... Revenue 105491,44,00,000 .. 105491,44,00,000 96 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation…... Revenue 39,03,00,000 .. 39,03,00,000
Capital 2,89,00,000 .. 2,89,00,000
97 Ministry of Steel………………………………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
32 Department of Financial Services…………………….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
98 Ministry of Textiles…………………………………… Revenue 494,68,00,000 .. 494,68,00,000
Capital 3005,50,00,000 .. 3005,50,00,000
100 Ministry of Tribal Affairs………………………….….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
36 Direct Taxes ………………………………………….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
101 Ministry of Women and Child Development………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
41 Pensions……………………………………………….. Revenue 1,00,000 70,00,00,000 70,01,00,000
TOTAL: 246690,41,00,000 34598,85,00,000 281289,26,00,000
42 Transfers to States…………………………………….. Revenue 4115,01,00,000 30116,80,00,000 34231,81,00,000
Capital .. 4354,01,00,000 4354,01,00,000
43 Department of Fisheries………………………………. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
44 Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying……... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
46 Department of Health and Family Welfare…………… Revenue 10721,89,00,000 .. 10721,89,00,000
48 Ministry of Heavy Industries………………………….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
Capital 54,00,000 .. 54,00,000
49 Ministry of Home Affairs……………………………... Revenue 310,17,00,000 .. 310,17,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
51 Police………………………………………………….. Revenue 1711,00,00,000 8,83,00,000 1719,83,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
52 Andaman and Nicobar Islands………………………... Revenue 207,45,00,000 .. 207,45,00,000
53 Chandigarh……………………………………………. Revenue 1,00,000 3,77,00,000 3,78,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
3Sec. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 13
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1 2 3
No. Sums not exceeding
of Services and purposes Voted by Charged on the
Vote Parliament Consolidated Total
Fund
Rs. Rs. Rs.
54 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
55 Ladakh………………………………………………… Revenue 63,20,00,000 .. 63,20,00,000
56 Lakshadweep………………………………………….. Revenue 18,35,00,000 .. 18,35,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
58 Transfers to Jammu and Kashmir……………………... Revenue 5000,00,00,000 .. 5000,00,00,000
60 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs………………. Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
Capital 1013,42,00,000 .. 1013,42,00,000
61 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting……………. Revenue 1744,64,00,000 .. 1744,64,00,000
Capital 28,00,000 .. 28,00,000
62 Department of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation……………………………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
64 Ministry of Labour and Employment………………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
65 Law and Justice……………………………………….. Revenue 2271,49,00,000 .. 2271,49,00,000
66 Election Commission…………………………………. Revenue 10,20,00,000 .. 10,20,00,000
68 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
69 Ministry of Mines…………………………………….. Capital 28,39,00,000 .. 28,39,00,000
71 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy…………….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
72 Ministry of Panchayati Raj…………………………… Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
Capital 75,00,000 .. 75,00,000
73 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs…………………….. Capital 1,05,00,000 .. 1,05,00,000
76 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
79 Ministry of Power………………………………...…… Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
85 Ministry of Railways…………………………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
86 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…………… Capital 17647,31,00,000 .. 17647,31,00,000
87 Department of Rural Development…………………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
89 Department of Science and Technology……………… Revenue 138,28,00,000 .. 138,28,00,000
91 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research …… Capital 1,28,00,000 .. 1,28,00,000
92 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship... Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
96 Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation…... Revenue 39,03,00,000 .. 39,03,00,000
97 Ministry of Steel………………………………………. Capital 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
98 Ministry of Textiles…………………………………… Revenue 494,68,00,000 .. 494,68,00,000
100 Ministry of Tribal Affairs………………………….….. Revenue 1,00,000 .. 1,00,000
101 Ministry of Women and Child Development………… Revenue 2,00,000 .. 2,00,000
TOTAL: 246690,41,00,000 34598,85,00,000 281289,26,00,00014 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
This Bill is introduced in pursuance of article 114(1) of the Constitution of India,
read with article 115 thereof, to provide for the appropriation out of the Consolidated
Fund of India of the moneys required to meet the supplementary expenditure charged
on the Consolidated Fund of India and the grants made by the Lok Sabha for
expenditure of the Central Government for the financial year 2025-26.
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN.
————
PRESIDENT’S RECOMMENDATION UNDER ARTICLE 117 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
————
[Copy of letter No. 4(23)-B(SD)/2025, dated 09.03.2026 from Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs to the
Secretary-General, Lok Sabha]
The President, having been informed of the subject matter of the
Appropriation Bill, 2026 to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further
sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of the financial
year 2025-26, recommends under article 117(1) and (3) of the Constitution, the
introduction of the Appropriation Bill, 2026 in Lok Sabha and also the consideration
of the Bill.
————
UTPAL KUMAR SINGH
UTPAL KUMAR SINGH
Secretary-General.
Secretary General
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