What are the implications of a budget being "charged" upon the Consolidated Fund of India?
Being "charged" upon the Consolidated Fund of India implies that certain expenditures are mandatory and must be met from this fund, without requiring any approval or vote by Parliament. These expenditures include salaries and allowances for key constitutional officeholders (e.g., President, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of the People), debt charges for which the government is liable, pensions for judges of certain courts, salaries and pensions for the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, payments to satisfy court judgments or awards, and any other expenditures specifically declared as "charged" by the constitution or by Parliament through law. The budgets for these charged expenditures are not subject to vote in either house of Parliament, though they can still be discussed.