Q. Finance Minister Sitharaman recently tabled the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the financial year 2019-20 under the provisions of which article of Indian constitution?
Answer:
115
Notes: Supplementary, additional or excess grants and Votes on account, votes of credit and exceptional grants are mentioned in the Constitution of India 1949.Article 115: Supplementary, additional or excess grants.Article 116: Votes on account, votes of credit and exceptional grants.When grants, authorised by the Parliament, fall short of the required expenditure, an estimate is presented before the Parliament for Supplementary or Additional grants.
These grants are presented and passed by the Parliament before the end of the financial year.