Govt seeks Parliamentary approval for Supplementary Grants Demands

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Dec 20, 2018

1:55PM

Govt seeks Parliamentary approval for Supplementary Grants Demands

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The Government presented a batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the current fiscal in the Lok Sabha today.

Amidst din in the House, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the demand includes 71 grants and two appropriations.

He sought approval of Parliament to authorize the Government the gross additional expenditure of over 85 lakh, 949 crore rupees.

It includes a net cash outgo of over fifteen thousand crore rupees and a gross additional expenditure matched by savings, receipts and recoveries by various departments close to 71 thousand crore rupees.