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Hon. Members

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

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Parliament agreed to the proposed allocations under the Special Spending Units for Heads 1-25, including an increased capital expenditure sum of Rs. 9.487 billion. It also approved allocations under Head 1, including Rs. 2.519 billion for Programme 01 recurrent expenditure, Rs. 354 million for Programme 01 capital expenditure, and noted Programme 02 allocations of Rs. 20 million recurrent and Rs. 100 million capital expenditure.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 9,487,000,000, for Heads 1-25 under Special Spending Units, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 03 Heads 1-25 under Special Spending Units, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,518,980,000, for Head 1, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 1, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 354,000,000 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 354,000,000, for Head 1, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to. Head 1, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 07 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 20,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 100,000,000

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