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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha today. She will seek authorisation for the payment and appropriation of additional sums from the Consolidated Fund of India to meet expenditure requirements for the 2025–26 financial year.
According to the List of Business, Sitharaman will seek the House’s permission to introduce the Bill, which relates to supplementary financial requirements for various government services during the current fiscal. She will also move that the Bill be taken up for consideration and passage.
The Lok Sabha will convene at 11 am with a packed agenda. Proceedings will begin with obituary references to former Members of Parliament Subhash Ahuja, Prof Salahuddin and Bal Krishna Chauhan. This will be followed by Question Hour.
Under Papers to be Laid on the Table, several Union Ministers, including Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Jayant Chaudhary, Pankaj Chaudhary, Shobha Karandlaje, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Suresh Gopi, Sukanta Majumdar and Harsh Malhotra, will place official documents before the House.
Earlier, on December 12, Lok Sabha witnessed discussion on Supplementary demands for grants bill and took up the issue of Indiago flights cancellations.
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First Published: Dec 15 2025 | 10:14 AM IST
