 biu no!7 01 i_ tile union duties of excise (distrmution) amendment bill, 1969 a billfurther to amend the union duties of ezcibe (distribution) act, 1962 be it enacted by parliament in the twentieth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the union duties of excise (distribution) short title amendment act, 1969 3 of 1982 amendment of lon, title s 2 in the long title of the uniod duties of excise (distribution) act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as tile principal act), for the words, figures 48lld letters "dated the 12th day of august, 1985", the words, figures and letters icdated the 31st day of july, 1969" shall be substituted 3 for section 2 of the principal act, the followma  on allall be subati-10 substituted, namely: _ tution of new section tormction i definition  1 of 1944 ,'2'1 of 1958 is '2 in this act, the expression "distributable union duties of excise" means twenty per cent of the net proceeds ot the duties of excise levied and collected under the central excises and salt act, 1944, and of the duties of excise levied and collected under the mineral products (additional duties of excise and customs) act, 1958, and includes, in respect of the financial yearl 1972-73 and 1973-74, twenty per cent of the special duties qf excim lwied and c:oueeted under the finance acts of the respeq~v~ real1: 4 for section 3 of the principal act and the proviloll thereto, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-subltitution of new sectionfor section s, "3 during each financial year commencing on and after the lit day of april, 1969, there shall be paid out of the consofidated fund at india to each of the states specified in column 1 of the table below s such percrptage of the distributable union duties of excise as is let out against it in column 2:-distribution of a pari of union duueaof exclle amollithe state, table ------------i state 2 perceotap andhra pndcsh assam bihar gujarat haryana jammu and kashmir keraia madhya pradesh maharashtra mysore nagalluld orissa punjab ;ra~ tamil nadu uttar pradesh  westbenpl 1'is 2'si 13·81 4'17 1'49 112 4'28 8'48 1'93 4"65 0"08 4'72 2'11 "28 6'50 18'82 6'84·", ------------~-- -------------  statement of objects ant') reasonsat present 20 per cent of the net proceeds of the union duties of ex" cise on all commodities which are subject to such duties under the central excises and salt act, 1944 and the mineral products (additional duties of excise and customs) act, 1958 are distributed qiilo!1g the states the fifth finance commission has also recommended that 20 per cent of the net proceeds of union duties of excise on all articles levied ill1d collected in each of the years 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72 excluding special excises, regulatory duties and duties and cesses levied under special acts and earmarked for speciel purposes should be distributed among the states in accordance with the percentages recommended by them it has further recommended that during the years 1972-73 and 1973-74, besides 20 per cent of the net proceeds of union duties of excise levied and collected in those years (other than special excises, regulatory duties and earmarked duties and cesses), the net proceeds of special duties of excise levied under the finance acts of those years should also be distributed among the states the bill is intended to give eftect to these recommendations new delhi; pcsethi the 14th october 1969  president's recommendation under articles 117 and 274 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no f 2 (3)-fcci69, dated the 4~h nove~b~r, 1969 from shrt prakashchand b sethi, minister of state 10 the ministry of finance to the secretary, lok sabha] the president having been informed of the subjec~ mat~er  of  the proposed bill to further amend the union duti~s ~f e~clse (dlstnbutlon) act, 1962, in pursuance of the principles of dlstrlbutlon fo~ulated and the recommendations made by the finance commisslon 10 its fmal rert dated the 31st day of july, 1969, reco~ends ~nder artc1e 117 (1) po d (3) of the constitution of india read with article 274 (1) thereof, :e introduction of the union duties of excise (distribution) ame~d­ment bill, 1969, in the lok sabha and also the consideration of the bill  financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill pl"o'vides for payment of a part of the net proceeds of the union excise duties to the states at the current rates of duties and on the basis of the estimated receipts the bill will involve the payment from the consolidated fund of india to the states of a sum of about rb 1570 crores in the five years 1969-70 to 1973-74 representing an increase of about rs 45 crores over the amount which the states would have been entitled under the present sharing arrangements the payments to the states during current financial year are estimated at rs 26596 crores the bill does not involve any non-recurring expenditure  annexure extracts nom the union duties of excise (distribution) ar:r 19g2 (3 of 1962)an act to provide for the distribution of a part of the net proceeda of certain union duties of excise among the states in pu~suance of the principles of distribution formulated and the recommendations made by the finance commission in its report dated the 12th day of august, 1965, - - - - - -  dehi· tion 2, in this act, the expression "distributable union duties of excise" means twenty per cent of the net proceeds of the duties of excise levied 1 of llk4 and collected under the central excises and salt act, 1944 and of the duties of excise levied and collected under the mineral products (addir1 of 1968 tiona} duties of excise and custams) act, 1958, 3, during each financial year commencing on and after the 1st day of april, 1966, there shall be paid out of the consolidated fund of india to each of the states specified in column 1 of the table belcw such percentage of the distributable union duties of excise as is set out against it in column 2:-diltribution of a part of union duties of aejie iudoilitbe statel i 2 state percentaic --__---------,-------andhra pradesh 7'71 assam 3'32 bihar 10'03 gujarat 4'80 jammu ii,ild kashmir 2,26 kerala 4'16 madhya pradcsh , 7'40 madras 7'18 mruu-ashua 8'23 myaore 5'41 nagalll,lld 2'21 orisaa 4'82 punjab 4,86 rajasthan 5·06 uttar pl'idesh 14'98 west ben,al 7'$1: ~dec:tt:bat the share of the diltributable union duties of excise payable to the state of punjab as it existed immediately before the 1st day of november, 1966, shall be construed, as from that date, as payable to the state of heryana and the state of punjab and the union in the proportion of 37-38: 54- 84: 7- 78: provided further that the share allocable to the union' shall be retained by it and shall not be withdrawn from the consolidated fund (if india_ - - - - - - -  a bill further to amend the union duties of excise (distribution) act, 1962(shri prakashchand b sethi, minister of state in the ministry of finance) 