Rule 5 — DFPR

Rule 5: General conditions on powers to sanction expenditure- (1) No Authority shall sanction expenditure or advances without the previous consent of the Finance Ministry if it involves the introduction of a new principle or practice likely to lead to increased expenditure in future. (2) A Subordinate Authority shall exercise the power to sanction expenditure subject to any general or special order or direction which the authority delegating or re-delegating such power may issue or prescribe from time to time.