NEW DELHI : The Centre has issued an ordinance to authorise expenditure from today in Uttarakhand, which is under President’s rule.
The Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016 was promulgated by the President yesterday, according to an official notification.
The ordinance is to provide for withdrawal of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Uttarakhand for the services of a part of the financial year 2016-17, it said.
The Congress has said that it would move court against the ordinance as it contends that the Assembly had duly passed the Appropriation Bill on March 18 and the Speaker has declared it so.
The ordinance was issued as “Parliament is not in Session and President is satisfied that circumstances exist which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action for the purpose of timely compliance of financial businesses of the state of Uttarakhand”, the notification said.
The ordinance allows withdrawal of about Rs 13,642.43 crore to meet expenditure on certain services for the ongoing fiscal in the state, which was put under President’s rule on Sunday.
The decision to issue the ordinance was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on an official visit abroad. (AGENCIES)
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