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Art. 273 Part XII: Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits

Grants in Lieu of Export Duty on Jute and Jute Products

Exact text — Constitution of India

(1) There shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India in each year as grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States of Assam, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal, in lieu of assignment of any share of the net proceeds in each year of export duty on jute and jute products to those States, such sums as may be prescribed.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

A specific, historically-rooted Article compensating certain jute-producing states (Assam, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal) for not sharing directly in export duty revenue on jute — instead, they receive a defined grant-in-aid recognising jute's economic importance to those particular regions at the time of the Constitution's drafting.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

This Article is a good example of how the original 1950 Constitution's financial provisions sometimes addressed very specific regional economic realities (jute being a major export crop for eastern India) rather than only setting up generic, one-size-fits-all rules.

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Art. 275 — Grants From the Union to Certain States

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 273

Is this Article still practically significant given how India's economy has changed since 1950?

Jute's economic significance has diminished considerably compared to 1950, though the Article technically remains in force, illustrating how some highly specific provisions can persist even as their original economic context evolves.

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