bill no 118 of 2020 the appropriation  (no 3) bill, 2020 a billto provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2017 in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that yearbe it enacted by parliament in the seventy-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the appropriation (no3) act, 2020short title5102 from and out of the consolidated fund of india, the sums specified in column 3 of the schedule, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of one lakh ninety thousand two hundred forty-seven crore eighty-three lakh seventy-six thousand two hundred forty-three rupees shall be deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amounts spent for defraying the charges in respect of the services specified in column 2 of the schedule during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2017, in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that yearissue of rs 190247,83,76,243 out of the consolidated fund of india to meet certain excess expenditure for the year ended on the 31st march, 2017appropriation3 the sums deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied from and out ofthe consolidated fund of india under this act shall be deemed to have been appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the schedule in relation to the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2017 the schedule(see sections 2 and 3)  1  23no ofservices and purposesexcessvote voted portioncharged portiontotalcivil ministriesrsrsrs13department of posts………………………………revenue936,47,75,842936,47,75,84221defence pensions……………………………revenue2199,55,77,25028,08,6082199,83,85,85823capital outlay on defence services………capital104,54,70,01341,76,33,564146,31,03,577charged—repayment of debt…………………capital186954,41,93,269186954,41,93,269ministry of railways4repairs and maintenance of permanent ways and worksrevenue7,77,2297,77,2297working expenses—repair and maintenance of plant and equipmentrevenue52,73952,73916assets— acquisition, construction and replacementcapital10,70,87,72910,70,87,729 total :3240,58,23,105187007,25,53,138190247,83,76,243 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 expenditure incurred in excess of the grants made by the lok sabha for expenditure of the central government, for the financial year ended 31st day of march, 2017nirmala sitharaman———— president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india————[letter no 7(1)-b(sd)/2020, dated 1192020 from smt nirmala sitharaman, minister of finance to the secretary-general, lok sabha]the president, having been informed of the subject matter of the proposed bill to provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2017, in excess of the amounts granted for the said services and for that year recommended under clauses (1) and (3) of article 117 of the constitution, read with clause (2) of article 115 thereof, the introduction of the appropriation (no 3) bill, 2020, in the lok sabha and also recommends to the lok sabha the consideration of the bill———— a billto provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the consolidated fund of india to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the 31st day of march, 2017 in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that year————