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The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 27 February 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Committee Stage of the 2025 Appropriation Bill - Special Expenditure Heads (Heads 1-25) and Amendments

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At the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill 2025, an amendment was moved on behalf of the Minister of Finance to revise capital expenditure under Special Spending Units, Heads 1-25. The amendment replaces the relevant allocation with Rs. 9,487,000,000, increasing the capital provision for Head 1 by Rs. 6,000,000,000 to include allocations under Budget Proposals Nos. 07 and 19.

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¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, at the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill 2025, under Heads 1-25 Special Spending Units, I move the following amendment to Capital Expenditure:

¶ 02 On page 7, delete the seventh line and substitute the following item: “Rs. 9,487,000,000”.

¶ 03 (Note: The intention of this amendment is to increase by Rs. 6,000,000,000 the capital provision for Head 1 by including allocations under Budget Proposals Nos. 07 and 19.)

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