The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955

West Bengal Act VII of 1955 
THE WEST BENGAL APPROPRIATION ACT, 1955. 
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] 
[Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, 
Extraordinary, of the 31st March, 1955.] 
An Act to authorise payment and appropriation of certain 
sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of West 
Bengal for the serrice of the year ending on the thirty-
first day of March, 1956. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to authorise payment and 
appropriation of certain sums from and out of the 
Consolidated Fund of West Bengal for the service of the 
year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1956; 
It is hereby enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of 
India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 
1. This Act may be called the West Bengal Appropria-
tion Act, 1955. 
2. From and out of the Consolidated Fund of West 
Bengal there may be paid and applied sums not exceeding 
those specified in column 3 of the Schedule amounting in 
the aggregate to the sum of rupees one hundred crores, 
thirty-six lakhs, seventy-eight thousand and one towards 
defraying the several charges which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of 
March, 1956, in respect of the services specified iwk column 
2 of the Schedule. 
3. The sums authorised to be paid and applied from and 
out of the Consolidated Fund of West Bengal by this Act 
shall be appropriated for the services and purposes expressed 
in the Schedule in relation to the year ending on the thirty-
first day of March, 1956. 
Short title. 
Issue of 
Rupees 
100,36, 
78,001 out 
of the Con-
solidated 
Fund of 
West 
Bengal for 
the year 
1955-56. 
Appropria. 
tion. 
SCHEDULE. 
(See sections 2 and 3.) 
2 3 
Grant 
No. 
Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
A—Direct Demand on the Revenue. 
Re. Rs. Rs. 
1 4—Taxes on Income other than Cor-
poration Tax. 
6,04,000 5,04,000 
2 7—Land Revenue 3,71,44,000 3,71,44,000 
3 8—State Excise Duties .. 41,43,000 41,43,000 
2 	 The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 
[West Ben. Act 
(Schedule.) 
1 2 3 
Grant Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
No. Voted by the Charged on 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
Rs. Rs. Rs. 
4 9—Stamps 	 .. 	 .. 	 .. 7,56,000 7,56,000 
5 10—Forest 	 .. 	 .. 	 .. 79,51,000 79,51,000 
6 11—Registration 	 .. 18,87,000 .. 18,87,000 
7 12—Charges 	 on 	 account 	 of Motor .. 4,50,000 4,50,000 
Vehicles Acts. 
S 13—Other Taxes and Duties.. 20,30,000 .. 20,30,000 
C—Revenue 	 Account 	 of 	 Irrigation, 
Navigation, Embankment and 
Drainage Works. 
9 17—Interest on works 	 for 	 which 16,50,000 16,50,000 
Capital Accounts are kept. 
XVII—Irrigation—Working expenses 
18—Other 	 Revenue 	 expenditure 
financed from Ordinary Revenues. 
18(1)—Other 	 Revenue 	 expenditure 
financed from Famine Insurance 
Fund. 
H—Civil 	 Works 	 and 	 Miscellaneous 
Public Improvements. 
51A—Interest on Capital Outlay on 
Multipurpose River Schemes. 
516—Other 	 Revenue 	 expenditure  connected 	 with 	 Multipurpose 
River Schemes. 
10 6,27,70,000 51,04,000 6,78:74,000 
CC—Capital 	 Account 	 of 	 Irrigation, 
Navigation, 	 Embankment 	 and 
Drainage Works outside the Revenue 
Account. 
68—Construction of Irrigation, Naviga-
tion, Embankment and Drainage 
Works. 
HH—Capital Account of Civil Works 
and Miscellaneous 	 Public Improve- 
ments outside the Revenue Account. 
BOA—Capital Outlay on Multipurpose 
River Schemes outside the Reve-
nue Account. 
J 
Total—Grant No. 10 	 .. 6,27,70,000 51,04,000 6,78,74,000 
The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 	 3 
VII of 1955.] 
(Schedule.) 
2 3 
Grant 
No. Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Conseil- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
Re. Re. Rs. 
E—Debt 	 Services. 
11 22—Interest on Debt and other obli- 
gations. 
1,000 1,17,13,000 1,17,14,000 
12 or 59,00,000 59,00,000 23—Appropriation for Reduction 
Avoidance of Debt. 
F—Civil Administration. 
13 25—General Administration 2,76,38,000 8,89,000 2,85,27,000 
14 27—Administration of Justice 83,70,000 27,53,000`  1,11,23,000 
15 28—Jails and Convict Settlements 84,94,000 84,94,000 
16 29—Police 	 .. 6,10,36,000 6,10,36,000 
17 and 	 .. 8,53,000 8,53,000 30—Ports 	 Pilotage 
18 36—Scientific Departments 1,27,000 1,27,000 
19 37—Education 8,98,91,000 8,98,91,000 
20 38—Medical 	 .. 	 .. 4,35,90,000 60,000 4,36,50,000 
21 39—Public Health 	 .. 1,49,98,000 .. 1,49,98,000 
40—Agriculture—Agriculture 
FE—Civil 	 Administration—Capital 
I 
22 Account outside the Revenue Account. 
I 3,07,73,000 3,07,73,000 
Improvementemes  and { 71—C Al irtialcult Ouruatitayonch  
Research outside the Revenue 
Account. 
Total—Grant No. 22 3,07,73,000 3,07,73,000 
F—Civil Administration. 
23 40—Agriculture—Fisheries .. 21,88,000 21,88,000 
24 41—Veterinary 	 .. 26,73,000 .. 26,73,000 25 42—Co-operation 	 .. 21,03,000 21,03,000 
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	 The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 
[West Ben. Act 
(Schedule.) 
I 2 3 
Grant. 
No. 
Sums not exceeding 
Services and purposes. 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
1 
1 
' 
26. 
[ 
43—Industries—Industries 
EF—Civil Administration—Capital Ac- 
count within the Revenue Account. 
43A—Capital 	 Outlay 	 on Industrial 
Development within the Revenue 
Account. 
H—Civil 	 Works 	 and 	 Miscellaneous 
Public Improvements. 
52—Interest on Capital Outlay on 
Electricity Schemes. 
52A—Other Revenue 	 Expenditure 
connected with Electricity Schemes. 
XLI—Receipts 	 from 	 Electricity 
Schemes—Working Expenses. 
/ 
HH—Capital Account of Civil Works 
and Miscellaneous 	 Public Improve- 
ments within the Revenue Account. 
53—Capital 	 Outlay 	 on 	 Electricity 
Schemes met out of Revenue. 
FF—Civil Administration—Capital Ac- 
count outside the Revenue Account. 
72—Capital 	 Outlay 	 on 	 Industrial 
Development outside the Revenue 
Account. 
H H—Capital 	 Account of Civil Works 
and Miscellaneous Public Improve-
ments outside the Revenue Account. 
81A—Capital Outlay on Electricity 
Schemes 	 outside 	 the 	 Revenue 
Account. 
Total—Grant No. 26 
Rs. 
1 
} 	 52,76,000 
l 
Rs. 
.. 
Rs. 
52,76,000 
52,76,000 52,76,000 
The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 	 5 
VII of 1955.] 
(Schedule.) 
1 2 3 
Grant 
No. Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
Re. Re. Re. 
F—Civil Administration. 
r 43—Industries—Cottage Industries 
FF—Civil Administration—Capital Ac- 
1 
I 
count outside the Revenue Account. I 27 } 	 27,76,000 .. 27,76,000 72—Capital 	 Outlay 	 on 	 Industrial I 
Development outside the Revenue 
Account—Cottage Industries. 
j 
Total—Grant No. 27 27,76,000 .. 27,76,000 
F—Civil Administration. 
28 43—Industries—Fisheries .. .. 29 
30 
43—Industries—Cinchona 
47—Miscellaneous Departments 	 .. 
29,45,000 29,45,000 
31 47—Miscellaneous Departments—Fire 
Services. 37,78,000 .. 37,78,000 
32 47—Miscellaneous 	 Departments 
(excluding Fire Services). 72,67,000 72,67,000 
H—Civil Works and Miscellaneous 
Public Improvements. 
33 50—Civil Works .. 	 .. 6,31,88,000 12,42,000 6,44,30,000 
J—Miscellaneous. 
34 54—Famine 	 .. .. 	 .. 1,26,55,000 .. 1,26,55,000 
35 54A—Territorial and Political Pensions .. .. .. 
36 54E—Privy Purses and allowances of 
Indian Rulers. 1,73,000 .. 1,73,000 
55—Superannuation 	 allowances 	 and 
pensions. 
1 
JJ—Miscellaneous 	 Capital 	 Account 
within the Revenue Account. 
55A—Commutation 	 of 	 pensions 
37 < financed from ordinary Revenues. 1,43,46,000 3,13,000 1,46,59,000 
JJ—Miscellaneous • Capital 	 Account 
Outside the Revenue Account. 
83—Payments of commuted value of 
pensions. 
Total—Grant No. 37 1,43,46,000 3,13,000 1,46,59,000 
6 	 The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 
[West Ben. Act 
(Schedule.) 
1 2 3 
Grant 
No. 
38 
39 
40 
{ 
42 
Sums not exceeding 
Services and purposes. Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Conseil- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
4—Miscellaneous. 
56—Stationery and Printing .. 
Rs. 
56,23,000 
.. 
1,23,17,000 
Rs. 
.. 
.. 
26,83,000 
Rs. 
56,23,000 
.. 
1,50,00,000 
41  
57—Miscellaneous—Miscellaneous 	 .. 
57—Miscellaneous—Contributions 	 .. 
57—Miscellaneous—Other Miscellane-
ous Expenditure. 
44—Miscellaneous -Capital Account 
outside the Revenue Account. 
82—Capital Account of other State 
Works outside the Revenue Account. 
	
Total—Grant No. 41 	 .. 
E—Debt Services. 
22—Interest 	 on 	 Debt 	 and 	 other 
obligations—Expenditure 	 on 	 dis- 
placed persons. 
4—Miscellaneous. 
57—Miscellaneous—Expenditure 	 on 
displaced persons. 
44—Miscellaneous Capital Account 
outside the Revenue Account. 
82--Capital Account of other State 
Works outside the Revenue Account 
—Expenditure on displaced persons. 
Public Debt. 
Loans for displaced persons. 
Deposits and Advances. 
Loans and Advances bearing interest—
Loans and Advances to displaced 
persons. 
Total—Grant No. 42 	 .. 
2,92,61,000 1,51,000 2,94,12,000 
2,92,61,000 1,51,000 2,94,12,000 
9,09,48,000 10,60,000 9,20,08,000 
9,09,48,000 10,60,000 9,20,08,000 
The West Bengal Appropriafrion Act, 1955. 	 7 
VII of 1955.] 
(Schedule.) 
2 3 
Grant 
No. 
Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
43 
44 
46 
46 
47 
r 	 E—Debt Services. 
	
22—Interest 	 on 	 Debt 	 and 	 other 
	
obligations 	 Community 	 Develop- 
ment Projects. 
J—Miscellaneous. 
57—Miscellaneous--Community Deve-
lopment Projects. 
M—Extraordinary items. 
63B—Community Development Pro-
jects. 
JJ—Miscellaneous Capital Account 
outside the Revenue Account. 
82—Capital Account of other State 
Re. 
.. 	 2,66,05,000 
Rs. 
5,08,000 
Rs. 
2,71,13,000 
Works outside the Revenue Account 
—Community Development Projects. 
Public Debt. 
Loans for Community Development 
Projects. 
Deposits and Advances. 
Loans and Advances bearing interest 
—Community 	 Development 	 Pro- 
gramme. 
Total—Grant No. 43 	 .. 
M—Extraordinary items. 
63—Extraordinary 	 in India charges 	 .. 
2,66,05,000 6,08,000 2,71,13,000 
5,17,90,000.. 
39,00,000 
11,90,20,000 
3,10,00,000 
.. 
.. 
5,17,90,000 
39,00,000 
11,90,20,000 
3,10,00,000 
64C—Pre-partition Payments 	 .. 
HH—Capital Account of Civil Works 
and Miscellaneous Public Improve-
- mints outside the Revenue Account. 
80A—Capital Outlay on Multipurpose 
River Schemes outside the Revenue 
Account—Damodar Valley Project. 
81—Capital Account of Civil Works 
outside the Revenue Account. 
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The West Bengal Appropriation Act, 1955. 
[West Ben. Act VII of 1955.] 
(Schedule.) 
1 2 3 
Grant 
No. 
Services and purposes. 
Sums not exceeding 
Voted by the 
Legislative 
Assembly. 
Charged on 
the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 
Total. 
481 
49 
50 
{ 
51 
52 
4—Miscellaneous. 
XLVIA—Receipts from Road and 
Water Transport Schemes—Work-
ing expenses. 
44—Miscellaneous 	 Capital 	 Account 
outside the Revenue Account. 
82B—Capital Outlay on Road and 
Water Transport Schemes outside 
L 	 the Revenue Account. 
Total—Grant No. 48 	 .. 
85A—Capital Outlay on State Schemes 
of Government Trading. 
Public Debt. 
Floating Debt 	 .. 
Loans from Union Government 	 .. 
Total—Grant No. 50.. 
Deposits and Advances. 
Interest-free Advances 	 .. 
Loans and Advancesibearing interest 
Grand Total 
Re. 
2,08,78,000 
Rs. 
6,25,000 
Rs. 
2,15,03,000 
2,08,78,000 6,25,000 2,15,03,000 
1 
.. 
1,56,66,000 1,56,66,000 
. . 1,56,66,000 1,56,66,000 
3,92,45,000 
.. 
3,92,45,000 
95,29,11,001 5,07,67,000 100,36,78,001 
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