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'202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.' [44v] (88/552)
The record is made up of 1 file (276 folios). It was created in 10 Nov 1923-27 Mar 1926. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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RULE 11.—Financial limits on powers of officers to make purchases in
India
A Department or officer’s financial powers in tlie matter of the purchase of stores ordinarily
extend to the limits to which it or he is empowered to enter into contracts ; hut in the case of.
purchases made in India under rule 3 (a) and rule 5, the limits up to which power to purchase any
one article or any number of similar articles purchased at one time extends are as follows :—
In respect of rules 3 (a) and 5
V: *
(a) Civil Departments
(i) Departments of the Government of India other than the Railway Department
(Railway Board) and the Department of Industries and Labour,
Public Works Branch
{ii) Heads of Departments, Commissioners of Divisions and other officers of or
above the rank of Collector whom the Local Government may select •
(Hi) Other officers authorised to incur expenditure
(iv) The President, Forest Research Institute, Debra Dun
{v) Surveyor General of India ., .. .. ..
(vi) Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India and Director of the Agricul
tural Research Institute, Pusa ..
{vii) Director-General of Observatories
{viii) Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs
{ix)
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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(x) Chief Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* (xi) MintMcsters
(xii) Local Government
Note .—In respect of purchases made for to shakhana purposes the Foreign and Political Department has
full powers.
(6) Public Works Department
Rs.
1,000
500
100
2,000
Full powers
(i) Executive or Assistant Engineer holding charge of a Division
(ii) Superintending Engineer or Superintendent of Works
(in) Local Government and Department of Industries and Labour, Public Works Branch
Rs.
1,000
5,000
Full powers
(c) liailway Departm ent
(i) Executive or Assistant Engineer holding charge of a Division on a line
under construction or survey ..
(ii) Engineer-in-Chief holding charge of a line under construction or survey ■
(Hi) Agent of an open line .. ... .. .. . •
' 1,000
5,000
10,000
(iv) Railway Board „. .. ., .. .. .. Full powers
Note .—Agents of open lines may delegate to their Engineers-in-Chief, Executive Engineers, or Assistant
Engineers holding charge of a Division such power of purchase as they deem fit up to the limits specified, for
lines under construction, and to their Controllers of Stores up to the limits specified for Executive Engineers.
(J) Army Department
■ .. . •
Rs.
(i) Engineer-in-Chief, Army Headquarters . . .. .. .. Full powers
(ii) Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force in India .. .. .. 30,000
(in) Chief Engineer; General Officers Commanding-in-Chief, Commands .. 15,000
(ir) Commanding Royal Engineer ; District Commanders and Director General,
Indian Medical Service .. .. .. •• •• 10,000
(v) Assistant Commanding Royal Engineer ; Officer Commanding, Independent
Brigade Area; Director of Ordnance Factories ; Director, Royal Indian
Marine; Director of Remounts and Director of Farms .. .. 5,000
(vi) Officers Commanding Brigades or Brigade Areas .. ..
(vii) Indian Army Service Corps, Officer on Special Duty in Kashmir
(ini) Chief of the General Staff; Adjutant General'in India; Quartermaster-
General in India; Master General of Supply; Director, Medical
Services; Military Accountant General; Controllers of Military
Accounts and Deputy Assistant Directors of Remounts, Commands
2,000
1,000
500
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The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, Department of Overseas Trade, and Department of Commerce.
Included in the file are:
- the announcement of an updated version of the Indian Arms Rules, 1878, published in 1924 and subsequent amendments to the wording of revised rules throughout 1924 and 1925;
- amendments to the Superior Civil Services (Revision of Pay and Pensions) Rules 1924;
- amendments to the warrant of precedence in India, including additions to and removals from the warrant, and changes to the position of titles within the order of precedence;
- alterations and amendments to the rules on passage allowances, pensions, leave rules, payments to subscribers of the General Provident fund, and the premature retirement rules;
- the publication of 'rules for the supply of articles for the public service' in 1924 and the subsequent publication of a list of authorised firms as required under the rules;
- a copy of the dress regulations for officers of the political department under the Government of India and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. and amendments to those regulations;
- amendments to regulations for the study of foreign languages;
- corrections to the 'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India';
- instructions relating to the purchase of publications in the United Kingdom for official use by Government of India departments;
- an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. enacted by His Majesty King George V to enable an amendment of the Government of India Act allowing the Secretary to the High Commissioner to India to make and discharge contracts on behalf of the Secretary of State for India in the High Commissioner's absence;
- correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Francis Beville Prideaux and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, following the announcement that the Daly was to be made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.);
- the announcement of the death of Queen Alexandra (wife of Edward VII) and information relating the official memorial service for her, and procedures for official mourning.
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- 1 file (276 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 276; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-274; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Condition: Folios 2-6, 157 have some minor tears and other imperfections which obscure a few of the words on each folio.
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- Title
- '202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:275v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence