780 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : I would like to ask for clarification from Dr. Ambedkar on one point. The point is this. This article provides that the revenue shall be distributed among the States in such a manner and from such time as may be prescribed. ... Will the interim allocation be decided on the recommendations of the Finance Committee ? It is not clear as to what is going to happen with regard to the period immediately following the coming into operation of the Constitution, and before the appointment of the Commission envisaged in a subsequent period.
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, the explanation is very simple. If we wanted that there should be no interim enquiry before the President made an order of allocation, we would have merely said that such allocation as existed before the commencement of the Constitution shall continue until they are re-determined by the President on the recommendation of the Commission. We have not said that, and we have not said that deliberately, because we want that an enquiry should be made and on the basis of the enquiry the President may prescribe by order. That is the reason for the difference in language.
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : That is to say, the interim Commission will be appointed straightaway now and on the recommendation of that Commission the President will prescribe by order ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes. Otherwise we would have merely said that the existing allocation will continue until the President isued the new order.
Mr. President : I will now put the various amendments to vote. I will first put amendment No. 2858, moved by Shri Upendra Nath Barman.
Shri Upendra Nath Barman : Sir, in view of the statement of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, I wish to withdraw my amendment.
The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.
Mr. President : Then I put amendment No. 76, moved by Dr. Ambeddkar. That is a verbal amendment.
The question is :
“That in clause (2) of article 251, for the words ‘revenues of India’ the words ‘Consolidated Fund of India’ be substituted.”
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. President : Then there is the amendment of Shri T.T. Krishnamachari.
- CAD, Vol. IX. date 5th August 1949, pp. 222-23.