;:,  the tea (amendment) bill, 1969 a billfurther to amend the tea act, 1953· bi: it enaeted by parliament in the twentieth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the tea (amendment) act, 1969 short title 21 f 1' • z in the tea act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), insertion 5 after section 26, the following section shall be inserted, namely: -of new section 26a "2ia the central goverddlent may, after due appropriation grants made by parliament b, law ill this behalf, pa, to the board 'y w, and loans of puts or loans ialch sums of modey as the central govemmeat by the may coilsider d4tees88l'7" centra] government to the board 10 3 in section 27 of the principal act, in sub-aection (1), after clause (a), amendthe followina clauee shall be inserted, namely:-ment of ilectfon "(44) any sum of money that may be paid to the board by way 27 of grantb or loane under section 26a;" t : section 48 of the pridcipal act, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-amaadmedtot uet10n 41 \, • (3) every rule made under this act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised 5 in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the seaion immediately following, both rouses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have e1fect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as 10 the case may be; so, however, that any such modijication or annulment shall be without prejudice to the nudity of anything previously done under that rule  the tea act, 191>3 (29 of 1953), which came into force on the 1st april, 1954 seeks to provide for the control by the union government of the  i tf,:$ indu3try and for that puq>ose to establish a tea board the act l80 j~eek& to levy a tiuty of excise on tea produced in india section 10' of the act sets out the various m~aiures which the tea boud might, tn"d,er the (;ontrol of the central government, take for the development of the tea industry in pursuance of the provilions of this section, the tea board has been operating schemes through which it advances 10118 ~ loans to the lea :ndustry for undertaking extenllions or replantationa a icheme for the supply of tea machinery to the tea estatel on bire-purchue terms is also heidg operated these schemes are ftnanced by loans ivneed by the central government to the tea board it has also been ~tly decided, on a review of the requirements of the tea industry for  tenn development, to assist this tndu8try with a 8ulbtddy fgr replantation of old overaged bushes with a view to ensuring a detnbte level of replantation 'mlere is no provision in the act for the tea board recelving either grants-in-aid or loans of the kind that are being advanced to it by the central government it is, therefore, considered necessary to amend the tea act, 1953, to enable the tea board to receive grant or loans from the central government for financing schemel for the development of the tea industry and also to credit such moneys to the tea fund to which the net proceeds of the ces~ are credited and from which the expenses of the board are met 2 the present bill is intended to enable the above objects to be achieved 3 opportunity is being taken to substitute sub-section (3) of section 4q of the act relating to the laying at the rules before each house of parliament to bring it into conformity with the present pattern chowdhury ram sewak naw dahi; the 19t1t february, 1969  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of indiarcopy of letter no 8(3)-plant(a) 188, dated the 18th february, 1_ from chowdhary ram sewak, deputy minister of foreign trade ad supply to the secretary, lot sebba] the president having been informed of the tea (amendment) btu, 1969, recommends, under article 117(1) and (3) of the eontitution of tndia the introduction and conslderatton 01 the bm in the lok sabha clause 2 of the bill provides for grants or lo~ to be made by tbe central government to the tea board since the cess collected· under section 25 of the tea act, 1953, is not sufficient to meet the cost of the development schemes of the tea industry, such as tea plantation finance scheme, tea machinery hire-purchase scheme and the tea plantation subsidy scheme these grants or loans by the central government are intended to ensure that the activities of the tea board do not receive a set-back the exact amount which may be paid by way of grants or loans will vary from year to year during 1968-69, a provision of rs 130 lakhs for granting loans and a provision of rs 575 lakhs for gran tine subsidy under the replantation subsidy scheme have been accepted for 1969-70, the provisions accepted for granting loans and subsidy are respectively rs 116 lakhs and rs 4360 lakhs it is estimated that a provision of about the same order will be required annually thereafter since the provisions of new section 26a are pennissive and not mandatory, it is possible for the central government to regulate the expenditure in ,any case no such expenditure will be incurred without due appropriation made by parliament from time to time in this behalf  annexure extracts from thli tiia aer, 1953 (29 of 1953) - • - •27 (1) there shall be formed a fund to be called the tea fund, and constithere shall be credited theretotution of fund (a) the proceeds of the cess made over to the board by the central government; - - - - - - - ft (1)                   -                                 -              -                            -                                                      -                                                                                                                                                   -                                                        -                                                                  power                                                                  of                                                                  central   (3) all rules wlder this act shall, as soon as they are made, be laid govern-before both houses of parliament                                                                  ment                                                                  to make         -                     -                                -                                           -                                                      -                                                                  fujeti ---a bill further to amend the tea act, 1953-(slif'i chofjilhury ram seroak, deputy minister in the ministry of foreign trade and supply) 