Meghalaya Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006
No: 4 Dated: Apr, 05 2006
THE MEGHALAYA FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT ACT, 2006
ACT NO. 4 OF 2006
An Act To provide for the responsibility of the State Government to ensure fiscal prudence, stability and efficiency and also to achieve fiscal consolidation so as to facilitate the generation of revenue surplus to enhance the scope for improvement of investment in the social and economic sector/infrastructures of the State and to ensure fiscal and debt sustainability through progressive reduction of the fiscal deficit and proper debt management system and also to provide for a more transparent and accountable system of budgeting that will ensure an efficient and effective system of governance. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Fifty seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title operation and Commencement :- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006.
(2) It shall be operative in the whole of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint on this behalf.
3. Definitions :- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) "Act" means the Meghalaya Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006
(b) "Administrative Approval” means authority to create liability and/or incur expenditure;
(c) "Budget" means the Annual Financial Statement laid before the House of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly under Article 202 of the Constitution.
(d) "Balance from Current Revenue" (BCR) or "non plan gap" is the difference between total revenue receipt (excluding Plan Assistance) and Non-Plan Expenditures;
(e) "Current Year" means the financial year preceding the ensuing year;
(f) "Ensuing year" means the financial year for which the budget being presented;
(g) "Financial year" means the year beginning on the 1st April and ending on the 31st March the following year;
(h) "Fiscal indicators" are such indicators as may be prescribed for evaluation of the fiscal position of the State Government;
(i) "Fiscal targets" are the numerical ceilings and proportion to total revenue receipts (TRR) or GSDP for the fiscal indicators;
(j) "Government" means Government of Meghalaya;
(k) Legislature" means Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya;
(l) "GSPD" means Gross State Domestic Product at current market prices;
(m)"Previous year" means year preceding the current year;
(n) "Primary Surplus/Deficit" means the non interest fiscal deficit/surplus;
(o) "Revenue Surplus/Deficit" means the difference between revenue expenditure and total revenue receipts; and
Explanation: "Total revenue receipts" (TRR) includes State"s own revenue receipts (both tax and non tax) and current transfers from the Centre (Comprising plan and non plan grants/assistance and State shares of Central taxes).
(p) "Total liabilities" means the liabilities under the Consolidated Fund of the State and the Public Account of the State and shall also include borrowings by the Public Sector Undertakings and Special Purpose Vehicles and other equivalent instruments including guarantees where principal and/or interest are to be serviced out of the State Budgets.