Procedure in Parliament with Respect to Estimates
Official heading: “Procedure in Parliament with respect to estimates”
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- The Constitution of India (as on 1 May 2026)
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- Part V, Article 113, printed pages 52–53
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1. In One Sentence
Article 113 provides that charged expenditure is not submitted to the vote of Parliament, while all other expenditure must be submitted as demands for grants to the Lok Sabha, requiring presidential recommendation.
2. What It Means in Everyday Language
Article 113 defines how Parliament reviews and votes upon the budgetary estimates presented under Article 112.
Clause (1) specifies that expenditure charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India shall not be submitted to the vote of Parliament, though either House is fully entitled to discuss and debate those estimates.
Clause (2) establishes that so much of the estimates as relate to other expenditure shall be submitted in the form of 'demands for grants' to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha has the exclusive power to assent, refuse assent, or reduce the amount specified in any demand.
Crucially, Clause (3) codifies an essential constitutional rule: NO demand for a grant can be made except on the recommendation of the President. This ensures executive financial responsibility; private MPs cannot unilaterally introduce motions to spend public money.
3. Practical Illustrative Example
A private Member of Parliament moves a motion to create a new five-hundred-crore rural welfare grant without government backing.
4. Important Limits, Qualifications & Exceptions
Article 113 allocates voting power over public spending exclusively to the Lok Sabha.
- Charged expenditure discussed but never voted upon.
- Demands for grants voted exclusively by the Lok Sabha, not the Rajya Sabha.
- Executive monopoly on expenditure proposals: Demands require presidential recommendation.
- Parliamentary control: Lok Sabha can accept, reduce, or reject government spending requests.
5. Operative Constitutional Text
6. Sources & Historical Assembly Deliberations
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- •Government of India (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice) • Part V, Article 113, printed pages 52–53 • Human source-link check pending
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