New Delhi, Sept 18: The president today gave his assent to two bills granting additional expenditure of about Rs 457 crore to the railways for the financial year ended March 31, 2000. The bills which were approved by the Lok Sabha could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha as it was adjourned sine die due to disruption of proceedings, an official release said.
However, being money bills, under the Constitution, such bills only needed approval of the Lok Sabha. Bureau Report