 the union duties of excise (electricity) distribution bidl,1980 a billto provide for the payment out of the conlolidated fund of india ~ftmll equivalent to the net proceeds of union dutnes of excise on electricity to the states to which the !au? imposing the duty extends and for the' tliitribuuon of those sums among those sta1jes in accordance with the racdmmendatiofcs of the finance commistion, in its report dgted tnt 28th day of october, 1978 'uit enacted by paruament in the thitty-first year of the republic of in;taas follqwa:-i, '(1) thft act may' be called the uniori duties of excise (electrfeity) short title diltribution ad, 1980 and commence-j' (2) it shall be deemedlto have· come into force on the 1st day of april, ment una - ! z: tn this' ac;t, the e~ression "qistrlbutable union duties of excise on deflnition 1 of 1944 e1~r1city" means the net proceeds of unidn duties of excise on efectriclty le9led and eotlected, other than'in union territories, under th~ central io~~ and ,salt act, jn~ and any other law for the levy and collection of -!,ujh dut~,;;, un1ess t~e law ear~arks th,e proceeds of the dut~, for any specuu purpose ;- ~ 'j" ~ l~j-:, explanation-the expression ''net proceeds" has the same meaning as hi-clause (1) of article -211j of the constitution payment 3 durid,g the finand" year eolddleocidg oil the lst day of april, 1179 to states and each of' the four succeedin, financial yean there shall be paid, out of suillj of the codiolidate4 fund of india, to the states sums equivalent to the cquivadistribut1ibleuniori "dies of excise on electricity levied and eoueded lent to the net in that year and those sums shall be distributed to each roll the states s proceeds specified in column (1) of the table below in such pereentage "'is aet out of union against it in column (2) for the respective year:-duties of excise on electricity and distribution of the sums among them (1) (2) state ptftedtage 19;9-ro 1~1 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 -------- -----andbra pradesh 782 871 915 892 858 assam 0·72 091 137 1·49 141 bihar 688 666 680 6·55 6·64 gujarat 767 7·50 7·77 7·49 733 is haryan 321 320 289 291 299 himachal pradesh 079 073 072 072 071 jammu and kashmir 090 079 078 086 100 kamatalta 705 714 710 ,70 '46 kera1s 4·20 3" 353 358 362 ~o madhya pradesh 547 586 613 ,09 s98 maharashtra 1326 1334 1369 1424 14 • manlpur 001 005 007 808 009 megbajaya 029 026 023 0%2 022 nagaland 0·07 008 008 009 009 a, orissa 3·70 354 376 401 389 punjab 5,0 555 s10 500 506 rajasthan 391 362 355 340 346 tamu nadu 725 728 693 665 638 tripura 004 005 005 005 006 ]0 uttar pradesh 1228 1240 1140 1151 1187 west benaal 852 845 890 944 968  theexpelidlture on the payment in pu1'8uule8 ot iee'tion 3 shall be chaqed on the codiolidated fund of india payment to be charged on the consou-dated fund of india power to make rules 5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules providing for the time at which and the manner in s which, any payments under this act are to be made, for the making of adjustments'between one financial year and another and for any other incidental 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 exptry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions afql'esaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be' made; the rule shall thereafter is have effect only in sut'h modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the valldity of anything previously done under that rule  statement of objects and reasonsduring eaeh of the fidancialyears from 197'-76 to 19'1we, :buetl ab the recommendations of the sixth finanee commi8lioq,abum equ!vldtdt )to twenty per cent of the annual net pro:-eeds 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 commission, in its report, 1978, recommended that-(i) forty per cent of the net -proceeds of union duties of ekcise, other than on generation of electricity levied and colle::ted ~g each of the years 1979-80 to 198:3-84, excluding cebses levied under special acts and earmarked for spe"ial purposes, should bepaidciut of the consolidated fund of ind'a to the states and distributed ~ong them in the percentages recommended by the commission; and (ii) during each of the years 1979-80 to 1983-84, the n~t proceeds of the union duties of excise on generation of elec~ric!ty should be paid out of the consolidated fund of india to each ~tate in an amount equal to the collection in or attributable to that state the union duties of excise (distribution) act, 1979" to give eifect:to item (1) of the above recommendation of the con:llniasion, has alr,eady been enacted by parliament in may, 1979 in making its recommendation at item (1') above, the seventh finance commission had also 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, lis the commission had relied upon j new delhi; the 23rd february, 1980 r venkataraman  president's recommendation under articles 117 and 274 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no f 10 (6) -b (8) /79, dated the 27th february, 1980 from shrl r venkataraman, minister 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 recqrnmendations of the finance commission, in its report dated the 28th day of october, 1978, recommends under clauses (1) and (3) of article 117 and clause (1) of article 274 of the constitution, the introduction of the union duties of excise (electricity) distribution bill, 1980, in lqk sabba ~d a~so the consideration of the bill '  finanoial'memorandumclause 3 of the bill providesfc1l' payment to the states of tne net pr0-ceeds of union duties of excise levied and collected on generation of electricity, other 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 as 114588 crores d~g 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 ·the states, for the making of adjustments between one financial year and another and for any other incidentrl or ancillary matters the matters in respect of which the rules may be made are of a routine and administrative character 2 the delegation of legislative power is thus of a norma' character'  a billto provide for the payment out of the consolidated fund cd 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 r venk4taramgn, minilter of finance) 