New Delhi, March 13 -- The total supplementary demand for grants, combining both the first and the second supplementary demands, comes to Rs 4.13 lakh crore, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha today.

The Finance Minister explained that a significant portion of the headline figure does not represent new cash outgo. "The total supplementary demand for grants, combining both the first and the second supplementary demands, comes to Rs 4.13 lakh crore. However, out of this amount, Rs 1.71 lakh crore is technical supplementary," she stated, noting that these requirements are largely met by utilising savings from one section of a grant to another or through additional receipts and recoveries.

While detailing the f...