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Government Moves Second Batch Of Supplementary Demands For Grants
Government seeks Parliament approval for expenditure of Rs 66,113 crore, including funds to rollout schemes.
18 Dec 2017, 01:46 PM IST 
Indian two thousand rupee banknotes are arranged for a photograph in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
The government today sought Parliament approval for additional expenditure of Rs 66,113 crore, including funds to roll out schemes to provide electricity connections to poor and payment of urea subsidies.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha.
Major spending heads include Rs 1,033.8 crore towards grants for creation of capital assets, subsidies and other charges for Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya).
Another Rs 3,594.57 crore was provided to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
