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FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,
Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032, dated the 20th February 2020.
MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. VI OF 2020.
AN ORDINANCE
further to amend the Maharashtra Contingencey Fund Act.
WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session ;
AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that
circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate
action further to amend the Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act, for the
purposes hereinafter appearing ;
XLVI of
1956.
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In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the
following translation in English of the Maharashtra Contingencey Fund
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Mah. Ord. VI of 2020), is hereby published
under the authority of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
RAJESH LADDHA,
Principal Secretary and Remembrancer of
Legal Affairs to Government,
Law and Judiciary Department.
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XLVI of
1956.
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1)
of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is
hereby pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :—
1.
(1) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Contingency Fund
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. During the period of operation of this Ordinance, the Maharashtra
Contingency Fund Act shall have effect as if, in section 2 thereof, for the
words “a sum of one hundred fifty crores of rupees” the words “a sum of ten
thousand one hundred fifty crores of rupees” had been substituted.
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and
commence-
ment.
Temporary
amendment
of section 2 of
XLVI of 1956.
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STATEMENT
The Corpus of the Contingency Fund of the State established and
maintained under the Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act (XLVI of 1956) is
rupees one hundred fifty crores.
2.
During the period 2015-16 to 2018-19 due to unseasonal rains and
drought like situation in some parts of the State, farmers suffered huge losses
and were unable to repay their loans in time. Therefore, the Government
has, vide Government Resolution, Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles
Department, No. Krukarma 1219/C.R. 157/2-C, dated the 27th December, 2019
declared “the Mahatma Jotirao Phule Shetkari Karja Mukti Yojna, 2019” for
giving benefit to loan waiver to the farmers upto rupees two lakhs and enable
them to avail fresh short term crop loans for the Khariff season 2020.
3.
In the State around 39 lakh farmers are eligible for the loan waiver.
For the said Scheme, approximately rupees 29,716 crore are required. The
said Scheme will be in operation from 22nd February 2020 and till 5th March
2020, for the purpose, an amount of rupees 10,000 crore is required.
4.
The nature of this expenditure is unforeseen; hence the necessary
budgetary provision is not available. These items of expenditure would
constitute “New Services” and therefore, they are required to be brought to
the notice of the State Legislature. The ensuing session of the State
Legislature is scheduled to commence on the 24th February 2020. Necessary
orders for making available funds for the above mentioned purposes can be
issued only after the expenditure on these “New Services” is brought to the
notice of the State Legislature, by way of Supplementary Demand and an
Appropriation Bill, passed by both Houses of the State Legislature, is
published as an Act of the State Legislature. However,as the expenditure
for these items is required to be incurred immediately, it has been decided
to incur the expenditure by the way of withdrawal of advances from the
Contingency Fund.
5.
The present corpus of the Contingency Fund is only rupees one
hundred fifty crores.
At present, the available balance is inadequate for
meeting the expenditure on the abovementioned items and for other
unforeseen and immediate items of expenditure, which would be required to
be met from Contingency Fund.
It is, therefore, considered expedient to
temporarily increase the existing corpus by rupees ten thousand crores, to
make the corpus of the Contingency Fund of rupees ten thousand one hundred
fifity crores, so as to meet the expenditure, as aforesaid.
6.
As both Houses of State Legislature are not in Session and the
Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render
it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the
Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act (XLVI of 1956), for the purposes aforesaid,
this Ordinance is promulgated.
Mumbai,
BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI,
Dated the 19th February 2020.
Governor of Maharashtra.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
MANOJ SAUNIK,
Additional Chief Secretary to Government.
ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,
RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,
MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS,
21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.