Vote on Account (India)

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Vote on Account (India) is a temporary parliamentary authorization that allows the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India to meet short-term expenditure needs until the full budget is passed.

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Vote on Account (India) canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary financial procedure ⓘ
administrativeLevel Union (central) level only ⓘ
allows withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Fund of India ⓘ
appliesTo Union Government expenditure ⓘ
authorizedBy Parliament of India ⓘ
budgetClassification part of the Union Government’s budgetary process ⓘ
category public finance in India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 116 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalCategory grants in advance of appropriation ⓘ
country India ⓘ
covers routine and essential government expenditure ⓘ
distinctFrom full annual budget ⓘ
interim budget ⓘ
doesNotAuthorize major policy changes in expenditure ⓘ
new taxation measures ⓘ
doesNotCover detailed long-term expenditure policy ⓘ
effect temporary authorization to incur expenditure without full budget approval ⓘ
ensures continuity of government operations ⓘ
financialYearContext used at the beginning of a financial year ⓘ
frequency used when full budget cannot be passed before financial year begins ⓘ
fundSource Consolidated Fund of India ⓘ
implementedThrough Appropriation Act for the relevant period ⓘ
linked to: Appropriation Bill
legalNature parliamentary appropriation ⓘ
linkedTo Appropriation Bill ⓘ
maximumDuration up to four months in practice ⓘ
movedBy Central Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Government of India
nature formal parliamentary vote on estimated expenditure for a short period ⓘ
objective to avoid a shutdown of government services ⓘ
parliamentaryHouseInvolved Rajya Sabha has limited role ⓘ
presentedIn Lok Sabha ⓘ
purpose to meet short-term government expenditure needs ⓘ
relatedConcept exceptional grants ⓘ
supplementary grants ⓘ
vote on credit ⓘ
relatedTo budgetary process of the Government of India ⓘ
requires President of India’s assent to the related Appropriation Act ⓘ
approval of Lok Sabha ⓘ
simple majority in Lok Sabha ⓘ
scope expenditure for a limited period ⓘ
similarMechanismAtStateLevel state vote on account in State Legislatures ⓘ
timeHorizon short term ⓘ
typeOf interim financial approval ⓘ
typicalDuration up to two months ⓘ
usedUntil full Union Budget is passed ⓘ
usedWhen general elections are near and a regular budget is not appropriate ⓘ
validity temporary ⓘ

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Appropriation Bill (India) → distinctFrom → Vote on Account (India) ⓘ
subject linked to: Appropriation Bill