Registered No. WB/SC-247
No. WB(Part-III)/2024/SAR-5
Notkata 6apttt
Extraordinary Published by Authority
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 [SAKA 1945
PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature.
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
LAW DEPARTMENT
Legislative
NOTIFICATION
No. 336-L.-20th March, 2024.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:—
West Bengal Act II of 2024
THE WEST BENGAL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
BUDGET MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024.
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] Short title and
commencement.
[Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 20th March, 2024.]
An Act to amend the West Bengal Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2010.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2010, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Act, 2024.
West Ben. Act
XIV of 2010.
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2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 20, 2024 [PART III
The West Bengal Fiscal Responsibility and
Budget Management (Amendment) Act, 2024.
(Section 2.)
Amendment of
section 4 of West
Ben. Act XIV of
2010.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. In the West Bengal Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2010, in section 4, in sub-section (2), after the sixth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted:
"Provided also that the maximum fiscal deficit as percentage of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) shall be 3.5% during 2023-24 only.".
By order of the Governor,
DR. MD SALIM ANSARI,
Pr. Secy.-in-charge to the Govt. of West Ben gal, Law Department.
Published by Law Department, Government of West Bengal and Printed at Saraswaty Press Ltd.(Govemment of West Bengal Enterprise), Kolkata 700 056.
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