28. Grants. –(1) In each case in which a grant is made by or with the approval of the Central Government to a State Government a local authority agency, the owner of an establishment or factory or contractor engaged in the manufacture of beedis, in aid of any scheme approved by the Central Government for the purposes of the Act, the Central Government may impose conditions necessary for ensuring-
(a) That the work for which the grant is made is duly and promptly executed and the money is actually utilized for the purpose for which it is granted;
(b) That the data, on which the grant is calculated, are in accordance with facts
(c) That any particulars, which the Central Government may from time to time require for the proper discharge of its responsibilities, are promptly supplied;
(d) That all necessary, facilities for inspection are accorded to persons duly authorised by the Central Government for the purpose of satisfying itself that the provisions of Cl. (a) are complied with or for checking the correctness of any particulars supplied under Cl. (c) or for the collection of any such particulars;
(e) That proper accounts of the money granted are kept and are submitted for audit by such persons as the Central Government may authorise in this behalf;
(f) That an additional statement of accounts together with a certificate of a Registered Accountant or other recognised body of auditors to effect that the accounts are correct, is furnished by the grantee; and
(g) That the labour employed on regular basis and that employed on contract basis are given same welfare facilities.
(2) Before making a grant to a State Government, local authority agency, or the owner of establishment or factory or contractor who is engaged in the manufacture of beedis, the Central Government shall require such State Government, local fulfillment of the conditions imposed by the Central Government under sub-rule (1).
(3) It shall be the condition of every bond executed under sub-rule (2) that in the vent of the State Government local authority agency, or owner of the establishment or factory or contractor violating any condition imposed under sub-rule (1) such State Government local authority agency, or owner or contractor shall be liable to pay to the Central Government a sum not exceeding the amount paid as grant by way of penalty in addition to the refund of the entire remaining grant, and where the amount of penalty and the remaining grant is huge, payment may be allowed in two or three installments.
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