Parliament approves Rs 2.01 lakh crore additional spending for FY26
The government of India has secured the Parliament’s approval to spend an additional Rs 2.01 lakh crore in the current fiscal year (FY26). The Parliament has passed the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the current fiscal year.
Under the second batch, it has approved gross additional expenditure of Rs 2.81 lakh crore, which includes net additional cash spending of around Rs 2.01 lakh crore and additional receipts of Rs 80,000 crore.
Earlier in December 2025, the Parliament approved the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants of current fiscal. Under the first batch, it had approved gross additional expenditure of Rs 1.32 lakh crore, which includes net cash outgo of Rs 41,455.39 crore and savings worth Rs 90,812 crore by the ministries/departments.
