Rajya Sabha has passed the Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2026, authorising excess expenditure for FY2022-23 and completing the Money Bill's parliamentary process. Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2026, authorising the appropriation of money from the Consolidated Fund of India to cover expenditure incurred in excess of the approved allocation for certain services during the financial year that ended on March 31, 2023. With the Upper House approving the legislation through a voice vote, the Bill was returned to the Lok Sabha, completing the parliamentary process for the Money Bill. What is the Appropriation (No.3) Bill, 2026? The Bill seeks Parliament's approval to regularise expenditure that exceeded the amounts originally sanctioned for certain services in the financial year 2022-23.