Demand includes highest ever net cash outgo of Rs 4.12 trillion in the second supplementary demands for grants Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday sought Parliament’s approval for additional cash outgo of Rs 4.12 trillion, one of the highest ever in the second supplementary demand for grants in a financial year. The cash request is part of the total gross additional spending, pegged at Rs 6.28 trillion, after accounting for Rs 2.15 trillion of savings or reallocation from ministries with under-utilised funds.However, the provision for this gross additional spending was already being made in the revised estimates of the Union Budget announced on February 1. Of the total cash outgo, Rs 64,598 crore is towards enhanced expenditure fertiliser subsidy under AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan 3.0 and Rs 20,466 crore for capital outlay for defence services have been sought. Sources said that the reason for higher cash demand is on account of stimulus packages announced a...