NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government on Monday sought parliament’s approval to spend a net additional 333.8 billion rupees ($5.21 billion) in new spending in the fiscal year to March 2018, a finance ministry statement said.
The additional spending will be on top of an approved spending of $334.9 billion in the annual budget, the statement tabled in the lower house of parliament said.
($1 = 64.1150 Indian rupees)
Reporting by Manoj Kumar
