The Government presented a batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the current fiscal in the Lok Sabha today.<br />''<br />''<br />''Amidst din in the House, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the demand includes 71 grants and two appropriations.<br />''<br />''<br />''He sought approval of Parliament to authorize the Government the gross additional expenditure of over 85 lakh, 949 crore rupees.<br />''<br />''<br />''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.<br />''<br />
News On AIR | December 20, 2018 1:55 PM
Govt seeks Parliamentary approval for Supplementary Grants Demands