New Delhi, March 10 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday sought Parliament's approval for a net additional spending of Rs.51,463 crore in FY25 to meet funding requirements of mainly fertilizer, food and cooking gas subsidy and defence pension.

The government also sought House approval for an extra Rs.6.27 trillion spending, mainly for repayment of debt, which does not involve additional cash outgo as it is met through savings and additional revenue receipts, showed the second supplementary demands for grants tabled in Parliament.

The document shows that only about 8% of the gross additional spending for which House approval is sought entails extra cash outgo.

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