 bill no 56 of 2014 the appropriation (no 2) bill, 2014 a billto provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the consolidatedfund of india to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2012, in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that yearbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the appropriation (no 2) act, 201452 from and out of the consolidated fund of india, the sums specified in column 3 of the schedule, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of seven thousand five hundred thirteen crores, twenty-eight lakhs, thirty thousand seven hundred and seven rupees shall be deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amounts spent for defraying the charges in respect of the services specified in column 2 of the schedule during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2012, in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that yearissue of rs7513,28,30,707 out of the consolidated fund of india to meet certain excess expenditure for the year ended on the 31st march,2012appropriation3 the sums deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied from and out ofthe 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, 2012the  schedule(see sections 2 and 3)123excessservices and purposesvotedchargedportionportiontotalno of vote             rs              rs        rs13department of posts  revenue400,03,82,246400,03,82,246                                                                            capital24,41324,41321defence pensions  revenue3568,81,46,18228,54,4673569,10,00,64924defence services—air force  revenue567,90,83,321567,90,83,32131ministry of external affairs  capital7,23,26,2947,23,26,294charged—interest payments revenue2947,58,33,4052947,58,33,40597chandigarh  revenue19,98,13,16819,98,13,168100lakshadweep  revenue1,43,67,2111,43,67,211                                  total4545,43,05,2542967,85,25,4537513,28,30,707 statement of objects and reasonsthis 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 expenditure incurred in excess of the grants made by the lok sabha for expenditure of the central government, excluding railways, for the financial year ended 31st day of march, 2012arun jaitley—————— president''s  recommendation  under  article 117 of the constitution of india————[copy of letter no f 7(2)-b(sd)/2014 dated 9 july, 2014 from shri arun jaitley, minister of finance to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed bill 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, 2012, in excess of the amounts granted for the said services and for that year recommended under clauses (1) and (3) of article 117 of the constitution, read with clause (2) of article 115 thereof, the introduction of the appropriation (no 2) bill, 2014 in lok sabha and also recommends to lok sabha the consideration of the bill———— a billto 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, 2012, in excess of the amounts  granted for  those services and for that year————(shri arun jaitley, minister of finance)