 , i bill no 89 of 1919 the union duties of excise (electricity) distribution bill, 1979 a billto provide for the payment out of the consolidated fund of india of sums equivalent to the net proceeds of union duties of excise on elet:tricity to the states to which the law imposing the duty extends and for the distribution of those sums among tho 'ie states in accordance with the recommendations of the finance commission in its report dated the 28th day of october, 1978 be it enacted by parliament in the thirtieth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the unic;m duties of excise (electricity) distribution act, 1979 5 (2) it shall be deemed to have com~ into force on the 1st day of april, 1979 short title and commence ment detlni tion 1 of 1944 2 in this act, the expression "distributable union duties of excise on electricity" means the net proceeds of union duties of excise on electricity levied and collected, other than in union territories, under the central 10 excises and salt act, 1944 and any other law for the levy and collection of such d'uty, unless the law earmarks the proceeds of the duty for any special purpose explanation-the expres sion "!let proceeds" has the same meaning 1l& in clause (1) of article 27f', of tb e constitution payment 3 during the financial year commencing on the 1st day of april, to states 1979 and each of the four succeeding f!nanc::iai years there shall be paid, of sums out of the consolidated fund of india, to the states sums equivalent to equivathe distributable union duties of exdse on electricity levied and collected lent to in that year and those sums shan be distributed to each of the states sped- 5 the net fied in column (i) of the table below in su~h percentage aa i, aet out proceeds alainst it in column (~) for the respective year ;-of union duties of excise on electricity and distripution of the sums among them   -(i) (~) state percentage -| 1979-80     | 1980-81    | 1981-12    ||-------------|------------|------------|| '1-83      |            |            || 1983-84     |            |            || andhra      | pradesh    |            || 7          |            |            || 82          |            |            || 8·71        | 9         |            || 15          |            |            || 8·92        |            |            || 8,5         | 8          |            || assam       |            |            || 07         |            |            || 2           | 09        |            || 2           |            |            || 1·37        |            |            || 1·49        |            |            || 14         |            |            || 1           |            |            || biller      | ;,         |            || 688        |            |            || 666        |            |            || 680        |            |            || 6·55        |            |            || 664        |            |            || gu,arat!    |            |            || 7·67        |            |            || 75         |            |            || 0           |            |            || 7·77        |            |            || 7·49        | 7·33       |            || 15          |            |            || baryana     |            |            || 3·n         |            |            || 3·30        |            |            || 289        |            |            || 29         |            |            || 1           |            |            || 2"         |            |            || bimachal    | pradesh    |            ||            |            |            || 0"         |            |            || 0·73        |            |            || 0'7~        |            |            || 07         |            |            || 2           |            |            || 07         |            |            || 1           |            |            || jammu       | and        | kashmir    || 0·90        | 0·79       |            || 0·78        |            |            || 086        |            |            || 100        |            |            || karnataka   |            |            || 7          |            |            || 05          |            |            || 7·24        |            |            || 7          |            |            || 10          |            |            || 67         |            |            || 0           |            |            || 6,4         | 6          |            || kerala      |            |            || 4          |            |            || 20          |            |            || 3·77        |            |            || 3·53        |            |            || 35         |            |            || 8           | 3         |            || 62          |            |            || 20          |            |            || madhya      | pradesh    |            || 5·47        |            |            || 5          |            |            || 86          |            |            || 613        |            |            || 609        |            |            || 598        |            |            || maharashtra |            |            || 13·26       |            |            || 13·34       |            |            || 13          |            |            || fi9        |            |            || 142        |            |            || 4           |            |            || 144        |            |            || 8           |            |            || manipur     |            |            || 001        |            |            || 005        | 007       |            || 008        |            |            || 009        |            |            || meghalaya   |            |            || 029        |            |            || 026        |            |            || 023        |            |            || 022        |            |            || 022        |            |            || nagaland    |            |            || 007        |            |            || 008        |            |            || 008        |            |            || 009        |            |            || 0·09        |            |            || 25          |            |            || orissa      |            |            || 37         |            |            || 0           |            |            || 3·54        |            |            || 37         |            |            || 6           |            |            || 4          |            |            || 01          |            |            || 3·89'       |            |            || punjab      |            |            || 5·90        |            |            || 5·55        |            |            || 5          |            |            || 10          |            |            || 5          |            |            || 00          |            |            || 506,       |            |            || rajasthan   |            |            || 3·97        |            |            || 3          |            |            || 62          |            |            || 3·55        |            |            || 34         |            |            || 0           |            |            || 34         |            |            || 6           |            |            || tamu        | nadu       |            || 7          |            |            || 25          |            |            || 7·28        | 6·93       |            || 665        |            |            || 63         |            |            || 8           |            |            || tripura     |            |            || 004        |            |            || 805        |            |            || •          | 05         |            || 005        |            |            || 006        |            |            || 3           |            |            || 0           |            |            || uttar       | prade'h    |            || 1228       |            |            || 12·4        |            |            || q           |            |            || 114        |            |            || 0           |            |            || 115        |            |            || 1           |            |            || 1187       |            |            || west        |            |            || boil        | •••        |            || 8'5:a       |            |            || 8,45        | 8·90       |            || '·44        |            |            || 9          |            |            || 68          |            |            || ~-          |            |            || ,~         |            |            ||            |            |            || --_         |            |            ||             |            |            |i 4 the expenditure on the payments in pursuance of section 3 shall be charged on the consolidated fund of india payment to be charged on the cqnsolidated fund of india power to make rules 5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rujes providing for the time at which and the manper in 5 which, any payments under this act are to be made, for the making of adjustments between 0112 financial year and another and for any other incid;,:n~'1 or ancillary matters    (2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made before each house of parliament, while it is in session, 10 for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making a,ny modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter 15 have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; 80, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previouaiv done under that rule  statement of objects and reasonsduring each of the financial year from 1974-75 to 1978-79, based on the recommendations of the sixth finance commission, a sum equivalent to twenty per ce'nt of the annual net proceeds of union duties of excise, excluding cesses levied under special acts and earmarked for special purposes, was paid to the states and distributed among them in the percentages which that commission had recommended, the seventh finance commissiop, in its report 1978, recommended that- (i) forty per cent of the net proceeds of union duties of excise, other than on generation of electricity, jevied and collected during each of the years 1979-80 to 1983-84, excluding cesses levied under special acts and earmarked for special purposes, should be paid out of the consolidated fund of india to the states and distributed among them in the percentages recommended by the commissio'n; and (ii) during each of the years 1979-80 to 1983-84, the net proceeds of the union duties of excise on generation of electricity should be paid out of the consolidated fund of india to each state in an amount equal to the collection in or attributable to that state the union duties of excise (distribution) act, 1979, to give effect to item (i) of the above recommendation of the commission, has already been enacted by parliament in may, 1979, in making its recommendation at item (ii) above, the seventh finance commission had ailso taken note of the state-wise estimates of revenues, net of cost of collection, from union duty of excise on electricity, in each of the five years from 1979-80 to 1983-84, based on the anticipated energy availability in each state as contained in the tenth annual power survey the bill, which seeks to give effect to item (ii) of the above recommendation, provides for the distribution of the net proceeds of the duty among the states in the same percentages, in the respective year, as the commission had relied upon charan singh new delhi; the 20th june 1979  president's recommendation under articles 117 and 274 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no f, 10 (6) -b (s) /79, dated the 30th june, 1979 from shri satish agarwal, minister of state in the ministry of finance to the secretary, lok sabha] the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed bill to provide for payment out of the consolidated fund of india of sums equivalent to the net proceeds of union duties of excise on electricity to the states to which the law imposing the duty extends and for the distribution of those sums among those states in accordance with the recommendations of the finance commission, in its report dated the 28th day of october, 1978, recommends under clause (1) and (3) of article t'17 and clause (1) of article 274 of the constitution, the introduction of the union duties of excise (electricity) distribution bill, 1979, in llk sabha and also the consideration of the bill "'--- financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for payment to the states of the net proceeds of union duties of excise levied and collected on generation of electricity, othtr than in union territories, during the financial year commencing on the 1st day of april, 1979 and each of the four succeeding financial years the seventh finance commission, whose recommendation in this regard is intended to be given effect to by this bill, estimated the payment to the states at rs 114588 crores d'uring the five years 1979-80 to 1983-84 the bill does not involve any non-recurring expenditure clause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules in respect of matters specified therein they relate to the time at which and the manner in which any payments are to be made to th' states, for the 'makirrg of 'adjustments between one financial year and another and for any other incidental or ancillary matters the matters in respect of which the rules may be made are of a routine and administrative character 2 the deleglftion ot legislative power is thus of a normal character  a billto provide for the payment out of the consolidated fund of india of sums equivalent to the net proceeds of union duties of excise on electricity to the states to which the law imposing the duty extends and for the distribution of those sums among those states in accordance with the recommendations of the finance commission, in its report dated the 28th day of october, 1978 (shri charan singh, deputy           prime                     minister                                 and mini8t~t pi finance) 