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Hon. Members

4 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage

Public Finance
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The Committee agreed to insert the amended recurrent expenditure total of Rs. 473 billion into the Schedule and ordered it to stand part of the Schedule. It also approved Head 130 allocations, including Rs. 3.992 billion for Programme 01 recurrent expenditure, Rs. 1.735 billion for Programme 01 capital expenditure, and Rs. 23.3 billion for Programme 02 capital expenditure. Proceedings then moved to Head 253, the Department of Pensions, with allocations listed for operational recurrent and capital expenditure.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 473,000,000,000, for Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 03 Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 3,992,000,000, for Head 130, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 130, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 1,735,000,000

¶ 07 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 1,735,000,000, for Head 130, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 130, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 23,300,000,000

¶ 10 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 23,300,000,000, for Head 130, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 11 Head 130, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 12 HEAD 253.- DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS

¶ 13 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 404,354,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 81,000,000

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