awn • ' ~ 1"1 " j  the railway passenger fares (repeal) bill! icfii(as inftodu(b) in uk ~iiia on 3:f'l'i! february, 1961) ""c: -  the railway passenger fares (repeal) bill,1961 (as introduced, in loit sabra) a bnlto repeal the railway passenger fares act, 1957 and to make certain provisions consequential thereto be it enacted by parliament in the twelfth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the railway passenger fares short tide (repeal) act, 1961 ~c:n~-s (2) it shall come into force on the 1st day of april, 1961 - 2 the railway passenger fares act, 1957 is hereby repealed repea1 of act 15 of 1957 3 in the estate duty and tax on ltailway passenger fares ~aendmcd!t (distribution) act, 1957,-i957~ 57 10 (a) in the long title, the words "and the tax on railway passenger fares" shall be omitted; (b) in section 1, the words "and tax en ltailway pusenje!' fares" shall be omi·tted; (c) in section 2, clause (c) hall be m1tted; and - (d) section 5 shall be omitted  statement of objects and reasonsthe railway convention committee 1960 recommended intet' alia that from the 1st of april 1961 the tax on railway passenger fares at the existing rates should be merged with railway fares and that in lieu of the net proceeds of the tax assignable to states, a fixed annual amount should be made available for distribution among them the recommendations of the committee have been accepted by the crl>vernment and a resolution to that effect has also been passed by parliament the present bill seeks to abolish the railway passenger fares tax and also to make consequential amend ments in the estate duty and tax on railway passenger fares (distribution) act 1957 morarji desai new delhi; the 8th february, 1961  annexure extracts from the estate duty and tax on railway passenger farfs (distribution) act, 1957 (57 of 1957)an act to provide for the distribution of the net proceeds of the estate duty and the tax on railway passenger fares among the states in pursuance of the principles of distribution formulated and the recommendations made by the finance commission in its report dated the 30th day of september, 1957 -     1 this act may be called the estate duty and tax on railway short title passenger fares (distribution) act, 1957 d ntion~  2 in this act,-- - - -  (c) "tax on railway passenger fares" means the tax levied 25 of 19s1 under the railway passenger fares act, 1957  - - - - - 5 during each financial year commencing on and after the 1st day distribution of april, 1957, the net proceeds of the tax on railway passenger ~~f"::; fares levied and collected during that financial year shall, after ta on nd-deducting there!rom a sum equal too one quarter per cent of the :' c::-:: said proceeds as being attributable to unioon territories, be distri- aiped to the states buted among the states as follows:-| state       | percentage    ||-------------|---------------|| -           |               || --          |               || 8'81        |               || 2'71        |               || 9·39        |               || 10'80       |               || 5'48        |               || 1'81        |               || 8'31        |               || 6~51        |               || 4'45        |               || -           |               || "          |               || 1~78        |               || 8'11        |               || 6'77        |               || 18'76       |               || 6'31        |               || andhra      | pradesh       || assam       |               || bihar       |               || maharashtra |               || gujarat     |               || kerala      |               || madhya      | pradesh       || madras      |               || mysore      |               || orissa      |               || punjab      |               || rajasthan   |               ||            | uttar         || west        |               || bengal      |               | a billto repeal the 'railway pas,enger fares act, 1957 and to make certain provisions consequential thereto the president has, in pursuance of clause (i) of article 117 and clause (i) of article 274 of the constitution of india, recommend(;d to lok sabha, the introduction of the tlill m n kaul, scretary (shri 1ilmwrji daai, ' miltiftlr 11/~) 