NEW DELHI, Dec 11: The government today sought Parliament approval for an additional Rs 56,256.32 crore mainly towards defence pension and Swachh Bharat mission in the second batch of supplementary demands as part of grants for 2015-16 to meet the expenditure.
However, the net cash outgo will aggregate to only Rs 18,195.4 crore, while the rest of the amount would be matched by savings and enhanced recoveries.
The second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants 2015-16 was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
“Proposals involving net cash outgo aggregate to Rs 18,195.4 crore and gross additional expenditure, matched by savings of the Ministries/Departments or by enhanced receipts/recoveries aggregates to Rs 38,059.78 crore”, the supplementary demands said.
The supplementary demands have also earmarked an additional Rs 5,735.4 crore for “meeting expenditure towards increased rate of relief on pensions and growth in pensions” for retired defence personnel.
Government has sought an additional Rs 196.28 crore for clearing pending claims for maintenance of Prime Minister’s aircraft, pending bills on account of foreign travel expenses of Cabinet ministers and secret service expenditure of National Security Council Secretariat.
The demands include Rs 2,169 crore towards Swachh Bharat Mission, Rs 3,000 crore towards Pradhan Mantari Gramin Sadak Yojna, and Rs 2,500 crore towards irrigation scheme.
Jaitley also sought an additional Rs 952 crore towards loan to Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd and Rs 344 crore for financial relief to ITI Ltd.
The supplementary demands have also sought additional Rs 300 crore for Polavaram Irrigation Project in terms of support under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. (PTI)
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