An Act to provide for the withdrawal of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the services of a part of the financial year 2016-17 for the purposes of Railways.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:
This Act may be called the Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2016.
From and out of the Consolidated Fund of India, there may be withdrawn sums not exceeding those specified in column 3 of the Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of eighty-one thousand one hundred fourteen crore, seventy-two lakh and fifty-one thousand rupees towards defraying the several charges which will come in course of payment during the financial year 2016-17, in respect of the services and purposes relating to Railways specified in column 2 of the Schedule.
The sums authorised to be withdrawn from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India by this Act shall be appropriated for the services and purposes stated in column 2 of the Schedule in relation to the said financial year.
THE SCHEDULE
(See sections 2 and 3)
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
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| No. of Vote |
Services and purposes |
Sums not exceeding |
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| Voted by Parliament |
Charged on the Consolidated Fund |
Total |
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| Rs. |
Rs. |
Rs. |
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| 1 |
Railway Board |
66,66,83,000 |
.. |
66,66,83,000 |
| 2 |
Miscellaneous Expenditure (General) |
216,31,50,000 |
35,17,000 |
216,66,67,000 |
| 3 |
General Superintendence and Services on Railways |
1393,42,11,000 |
21,93,000 |
1393,64,04,000 |
| 4 |
Repairs and Maintenance of Permanent Way and Works |
2285,11,31,000 |
25,01,000 |
2285,36,32,000 |
| 5 |
Repairs and Maintenance of Motive Power |
1052,93,27,000 |
3,33,000 |
1052,96,60,000 |
| 6 |
Repairs and Maintenance of Carriages and Wagons |
2385,22,05,000 |
3,33,000 |
2385,25,38,000 |
| 7 |
Repairs and Maintenance of Plant and Equipment |
1351,98,45,000 |
8,33,000 |
1352,06,78,000 |
| 8 |
Operating Expenses Rolling Stock and Equipment |
2125,27,14,000 |
8,33,000 |
2125,35,47,000 |
| 9 |
Operating Expenses Traffic |
7385,63,44,000 |
33,34,000 |
7385,96,78,000 |
| 10 |
Operating Expenses Fuel |
3902,87,21,000 |
17,000 |
3902,87,38,000 |
| 11 |
Staff Welfare and Amenities |
1103,67,45,000 |
9,18,000 |
1103,76,63,000 |
| 12 |
Miscellaneous Working Expenses |
1136,43,37,000 |
23,19,95,000 |
1159,63,32,000 |
| 13 |
Provident Fund, Pension and Other Retirement Benefit |
7861,62,58,000 |
16,74,000 |
7861,79,32,000 |
| 14 |
Appropriation to Funds |
9046,55,83,000 |
.. |
9046,55,83,000 |
| 15 |
Dividend to General Revenues, Repayment of loans taken from General Revenues and Amortisation of Over Capitalisation |
1621,88,17,000 |
.. |
1621,88,17,000 |
| 16 |
Assets Acquisition, Construction and Replacement |
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| Other Expenditure |
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| Capital |
31069,06,82,000 |
8,19,50,000 |
31077,26,32,000 |
|
| Railway Funds |
5278,11,00,000 |
2,18,00,000 |
5280,29,00,000 |
|
| Railway Safety Fund |
1796,71,67,000 |
.. |
1796,71,67,000 |
|
| Total |
81079,50,20,000 |
35,22,31,000 |
81114,72,51,000 |
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1. Received the assent of the President on the 21st March, 2016