Votes on Account, Votes of Credit and Exceptional Grants
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have power—(a) to make any grant in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial year pending the completion of the procedure prescribed in article 203 for the voting of such grant... [a 'vote on account']; (b) to make a grant for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of the State when on account of the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service the demand cannot be stated with the details ordinarily given... [a 'vote of credit']; and (c) to make an exceptional grant which forms no part of the current service of any financial year...
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This is why state governments, like the Union, can continue functioning financially through a 'vote on account' even if the full state Budget process hasn't concluded by the start of a new financial year.
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Do states use 'votes on account' as routinely as the Union does?
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