The Madhya Pradesh Contingency Fund Rules, 1957

1. These rules may be called the Madhya Pradesh Contingency Fund Rules, 1957. 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Contingency Fund" means the Contingency Fund of the State of Madhya Pradesh established under the Madhya Pradesh Contingency Fund Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), consisting of a sum of Rs. 100 Crores which shall be held by the Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Finance Department on behalf of the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. (b) "Gazette" means the Madhya Pradesh Gazette. 3. The Contingency Fund shall be used for meeting unforeseen expenditure, which is of an emergent nature and cannot be postponed to be provided for in the budget, or which is likely to cause serious inconvenience or loss to public service if postponed. 4. All applications for advances from the Contingency Fund shall be made to the Secretary to the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Finance Department. The application shall contain the following particulars: (i) Brief particulars of the additional expenditure; (ii) Circumstances in which provision could not be made in the budget; (iii) Reasons why its postponement is not possible; (iv) The amount required to be advanced from the Contingency Fund for the year or part of the year as the case may be; (v) The grant or appropriation to which the expenditure is ultimately debitable; and (vi) Particulars where the expenditure could be met by re-appropriation of savings within the grant in respect of a new service. 5. The order granting the advance shall specify the amount, the grant or appropriation to which it relates, and a brief description of the expenditure by units of appropriation and shall be issued in the name of the Governor by the Secretary, Finance Department and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Administrative Department concerned and the Accountant General, Madhya Pradesh. If, after such order is issued and before the action under Rule 8 is taken, it is found that the advance or part thereof is likely to remain unspent, the advance shall be cancelled or surrendered by the administrative department. 6. The administrative departments shall communicate the details of the expenditure incurred to the head of the department in the same detail as specified in Rule 5. 7. (1) The expenditure so incurred shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly, as soon as possible after the advance has been made, for approval by means of a supplementary estimate or a demand for grant. Where the expenditure is incurred in anticipation of supplementary grant or appropriation, the amount advanced from the Contingency Fund shall be resumed to the Fund after the supplementary grant or appropriation is passed by the Assembly. (2) However, if the Legislative Assembly has authorized such expenditure by law, it shall be deemed to have been spent out of the original grant, and the amount advanced from the Contingency Fund shall be replenished. 8. The entire amount advanced from the Contingency Fund for any service shall be resumed to the Fund as soon as the supplementary appropriation for the expenditure has been passed. 9. (1) It shall be the responsibility of the administrative department to send the estimates for the recoupment of the advance from the Contingency Fund to the Finance Department, with a note appended to the explanation of the estimates: "... a sum of Rs. ... has been advanced from the Contingency Fund and an equivalent amount is required to enable repayment to be made to the Fund." (2) In case of an expenditure on a "New Service" unforeseen in the annual financial statement, the advice to the Finance Department should also indicate the amount of saving within the grant which can be utilised for the purpose and the balance amount required, and also request for the balance amount to be provided for by vote.