Government seeks parliament nod for $5.2 billion net extra spending in 2017/18: statement

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Monday sought parliament’s approval to spend a net additional 333.8 billion rupees ($ 5.21 billion) in new spending in the fiscal year to March 2018, a finance ministry statement said.

The additional spending will be on top of an approved spending of $ 334.9 billion in the annual budget, the statement tabled in the lower house of parliament said.