Govt seeks approval for ₹1L cr extra spending
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday sought Parliament's approval for additional spending of ₹1.03 lakh crore in 2016-17. In the first supplementary demand for grants, the government stated net cash outgo to be ₹20,948 crore. This includes 51 grants, including ₹5,000 crore for National Employment Guarantee Fund and ₹5,000 crore for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.