Part XII · Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits · Miscellaneous Financial Provisions
Article 282: Expenditure defrayable by the Union or a State out of its revenues
Official text as on 1 May 2024
Text of Article 282
The Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose, notwithstanding that the purpose is not one with respect to which Parliament or the Legislature of the State, as the case may be, may make laws.
Words in [square brackets] were inserted or substituted by later amendments (see below). Source: Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India
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