Section 26(4) in The Inland Waterways Authority Of India Rules, 1986
(4)The budget estimates sanctioned by the Authority shall be forwarded to the Central Government by the fifteenth day of October of the financial year preceding the financial year to which the budget estimates relate :Provided that the Central Government may, at the request of the Authority, fix such later, date, but not beyond the 31st day of October, as the Government thinks fit.
