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17 March 2025 ·Procedural: Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage Amendments

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The Committee agreed to amend Head 101, Programme 02 by increasing recurrent expenditure to Rs. 1,650,000,000, incorporating Rs. 300,000,000 under Budget Proposal No. 37, while approving capital expenditure of Rs. 2,076,000,000. It also approved the listed recurrent and capital allocations for departments under religious, cultural, archaeological, museum, archives, and environment-related heads, including the Ministry of Environment and associated departments, to stand part of the Schedule.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved: On page 9, line 19, delete and substitute: “Programme 02 Development Activities Rs. 1,650,000,000 Rs. 2,076,000,000”

¶ 03 [Note: The intention of this amendment is to increase the recurrent provision for Head 101 by Rs. 300,000,000 by incorporating allocations under Budget Proposal No. 37.]

¶ 04 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 1,650,000,000, for Head 101, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to. Head 101, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule. Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,076,000,000, for Head 101, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to. Head 101, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 05 Question, “That the following sums be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to; each ordered to stand part of the Schedule:

¶ 06 Head 201.- Department of Buddhist Affairs Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 129,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 8,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,708,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 125,000,000

¶ 07 Head 202.- Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 179,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 31,000,000

¶ 08 Head 203.- Department of Christian Religious Affairs Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 208,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 62,000,000

¶ 09 Head 204.- Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 253,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 47,000,000

¶ 10 Head 205.- Department of Public Trustee Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 114,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 21,000,000

¶ 11 Head 206.- Department of Cultural Affairs Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 160,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 12,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 797,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 631,000,000

¶ 12 Head 207.- Department of Archaeology Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 341,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 25,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,706,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 448,000,000

¶ 13 Head 208.- Department of National Museums Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 98,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 30,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 333,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 319,000,000

¶ 14 Head 209.- Department of National Archives Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 168,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 10,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 116,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 1,471,000,000

¶ 15 Head 160.- Ministry of Environment (Main Ministry) Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,012,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 85,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,704,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 908,000,000

¶ 16 Head 283.- Department of Forest Conservation Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 2,500,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 1,280,000,000

¶ 17 Head 284.- Department of Wildlife Conservation Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 5,324,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 406,000,000

¶ 18 Head 291.- Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 419,000,000 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 382,000,000

¶ 19 Head 294.- Department of National Zoological Gardens Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 741,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 167,000,000

¶ 20 Head 322.- Department of National Botanic Gardens Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 834,000,000 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 278,000,000

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