 bill no  3 of  2018 the appropriation bill, 2018 a billto authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the consolidated fund of india for the services of the financial year 2017-18be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the appropriation act, 2018 2  from and out of the consolidated fund of india there may be paid and applied sums not exceeding those specified in column 3 of the schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of eighty thousand crore rupees towards defraying the several charges which will come in course of payment during the financial year 2017-18 in respect of the services specified in column 2 of the scheduleissue of rs 80000,00,00,000 out of the consolidated fund of india for the financial year 2017-18appropriationthe  schedule(see sections 2 and 3)123sums not exceedingno of voteservices and purposesvotedchargedby parliamenton thetotalconsolidatedfund             rs              rs        rs31department of financial services  capital80000,00,00,00080000,00,00,000total:80000,00,00,00080000,00,00,000 statement of objects and reasonsthis bill is introduced in pursuance of article 114 (1) of the constitution of india, read with article 115 thereof, to provide for the appropriation out of the consolidated fund of india of the moneys required to meet the supplementary expenditure charged on the consolidated fund of india and the grants made by the lok sabha for expenditure of the central government for the financial year 2017-18arun jaitley———— president's  recommendation  under  article  117  of  the constitution  of  india————[copy of letter no 4(42)-b(sd)/2017, dated 03012018 from shri arun jaitley, minister of finance to the secretary general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed bill to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the consolidated fund of india for the services of the financial year 2017-18, recommends under article 117(1) and (3) of the constitution, the introduction of the appropriation bill, 2018 in lok sabha and also the consideration of the bill———— a billto authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the consolidated fund of india for the services of the financial year 2017-18————