diff --git a/PART12.txt b/PART12.txt index 8bfef20..97b46a7 100644 --- a/PART12.txt +++ b/PART12.txt @@ -58,30 +58,6 @@ respectively leviable. (2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such duty leviable within any State shall not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, but shall be assigned to that State. - - -"268A. Service tax levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union a -nd the -States.-(1) Taxes on services shall be levied by the Government of India and suc -h tax -shall be collected and appropriated by the Government of India and the States in - the -manner provided in clause (2). - -(2) The proceeds in any financial year of any such tax levied in accordance with - the -provisions of clause (1) shall be- - -(a) collected by the Government of India and the States; - -(b) appropriated by the Government of India and the States, - -in accordance with such principles of collection and appropriation as may be for -mulated -by Parliament by law.". - - - 269. Taxes levied and collected by the Union but assigned to the States.— (1) Taxes on the sale or purchase of goods and taxes on the consignment of goods shall be levied and collected by the Government of India @@ -114,8 +90,7 @@ State trade or commerce. 270. Taxes levied and distributed between the Union and the States.—(1) All taxes and duties referred to in the Union List, except the dut ies -and taxes referred to in articles 268, 268A and 269, respectively, surcharge on -taxes +and taxes referred to in articles 268 and 269, respectively, surcharge on taxes and duties referred to in article 271 and any cess levied for specific purposes under any law made by Parliament shall be levied and collected by the Government of India and shall be distributed between the Union and the States diff --git a/PART16.txt b/PART16.txt index e8b2c02..9bac432 100644 --- a/PART16.txt +++ b/PART16.txt @@ -172,43 +172,36 @@ the Anglo-Indian community. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA -338. National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.—(1) There - shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Castes and -Scheduled Tribes to be known as the National Commission for the -Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. - -(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by -Parliament, the Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, -Vice-Chairperson and five other Members and the conditions of service -and tenure of office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other -Members so appointed shall be such as the President may by rule -determine. - +338. National Commission for Scheduled Castes.—(1) There shall be +a Commission for the Scheduled Castes to be known as the National +Commission for the Scheduled Castes. +(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by +Parliament, the Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson +and three other Members and the conditions of service and tenure of office of +the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members so appointed shall be +such as the President may by rule determine. (3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and sea l. (4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure. (5) It shall be the duty of the Commission— (a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards -provided for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution o -r under any +provided for the Scheduled Castes under this Constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards; (b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the -deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe -s; +deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes; (c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socioeconomic developme -nt of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the +nt of the Scheduled Castes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the Union and any State; (d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards; (e) to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socioeconomi -c development of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and +c development of the Scheduled Castes; and (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, -welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tr -ibes as +welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, by rule specify. (6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each @@ -241,23 +234,80 @@ court or office; documents; (f) any other matter which the President may, by rule, determine. (9) The Union and every State Government shall consult the -Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled -Tribes. -(10) In this article, references to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes sh -all be construed +Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Castes. +(10) In this article, references to the Scheduled Castes shall be construed as including references to such other backward classes as the President may, on receipt of the report of a Commission appointed under clause (1) of article 340, by order specify and also to the Anglo-Indian community. +338A. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.—(1) There shall +be a Commission for the Scheduled Tribes to be known as the National +Commission for the Scheduled Tribes. +(2) Subject to the provisions of any law made in this behalf by +Parliament, the Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson +and three other Members and the conditions of service and tenure of office of +the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members so appointed shall be +such as the President may by rule determine. 171 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA +(3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the +Commission shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and sea +l. +(4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure. +(5) It shall be the duty of the Commission— +(a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the +safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution or +under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the +Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards; +(b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the +deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes; +(c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socioeconomic developme +nt of the Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the +progress of their development under the Union and any State; +(d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as +the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those +safeguards; +(e) to make in such reports recommendation as to the +measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the +effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures +for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the +Scheduled Tribes; and +(f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, +welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes as +the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by +Parliament, by rule specify. +(6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each +House of Parliament along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or +proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the Union and the +reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any such recommendations. +(7) Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter +with which any State Government is concerned, a copy of such report shall be +forwarded to the Governor of the State who shall cause it to be laid before the +Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken +or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the +reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations. 172 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA +(8) The Commission shall, while investigating any matter referred to in +sub-clause (a) or inquiring into any complaint referred to in sub-clause (b) of +clause (5), have all the powers of a civil court trying a suit and in particular + in +respect of the following matters, namely:— +(a) Summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from +any part of India and examining him on oath; +(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; +(c) receiving evidence on affidavits; +(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any +court or office; +(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; +(f) any other matter which the President may, by rule, determine. +(9) The Union and every State Government shall consult the +Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Tribes. 339. Control of the Union over the administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes.—(1) The President may at any time and shall, at the expiration of ten years from the commencement of this diff --git a/SCHEDULE9.txt b/SCHEDULE9.txt index 9d71649..0de729b 100644 --- a/SCHEDULE9.txt +++ b/SCHEDULE9.txt @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Act,1974 (Tripura Act 7 of 1974). * * -92C. Taxes on services. + * *