The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-sectiom (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 390] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1970/KARTIKA 5, 1892
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CABINET SECRETARIAT
(Department of Cabinet Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th October 1970
S.O. 3548.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of
the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to
amend the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, namely: —
1. (1) These rules may be called the Government of India (Allocation of
Business) (Eighty-seventh Amendment) Rules, 1970.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
3. For rule 4 of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961,
the following rule shall be substituted, namely:—
J73o THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY fpAftT 11—SEC. 3(ii)l(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (1), the President may, "n the advice of the Prime Minister, allocate the business of the Government of India among Ministers by assigning one or more departments to the charge of a Minister.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (10 or sub-rule (2), the
President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister,—
(a) associate in relation to the business allotted to a Minister under either of the said sub-rules, another Minister or Deputy Minister to per- form such functions as may be assigned to him; or
Xb) entrust the responsibility for specified items of business affecting any of or more than one Department to a Minister who is in charge of any other Department or to a Minister without Portfolio who is not in charge of any Department."
V. V. GIRI.
President.
26-10-1970.
[No. 74/3/1/CF-70.]
J. S. MONG1A, Jt. Secy.