NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought parliamentary approval on Wednesday to increase net spending by 351.7 billion rupees ($5.18 billion) in the current fiscal year that ends in March 2017.
It was the third supplementary demand for grants laid before the Lok Sabha. In August, lawmakers had approved $3.09 billion in additional spending for the current fiscal year.
($1 = 67.8849 rupees)
(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Writing by Douglas Busvine)
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