Is there a specific time frame for which the grants-in-aid are paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India?
Yes, there is a specific time frame for which the grants-in-aid are paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India. The grants-in-aid are paid in two parts:
1) Sums equivalent to the average excess of expenditure over the revenues during the two years immediately preceding the commencement of this Constitution in respect of the administration of the tribal areas specified in Part I of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule.
2) Costs of such schemes of development as may be undertaken by the State with the approval of the Government of India for the purpose of raising the level of administration of the said areas to that of the administration of the rest of the areas of that State.