Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
On behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, the Minister moved a motion seeking parliamentary approval to allocate up to Rs. 500 billion from the Consolidated Fund, other government funds, or loan proceeds for the 2026 financial year. The allocation is under Head 240, Department of National Budget, for Development Programme expenditure, comprising Rs. 150 billion in recurrent expenditure and Rs. 350 billion in capital expenditure, with Cabinet approval obtained.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move:
¶ 02 “That this Parliament do approve that a sum not exceeding Rs. 500,000,000,000 be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka or any other fund or moneys of the Government, or out of the proceeds of any loans to be raised by the Government in terms of the Constitution, for the service of the Financial Year commencing on 1st January 2026 and ending on 31st December 2026, and that the said sum be expended as set out in the Schedule hereunder:
¶ 03 Schedule: Head 240 – Department of National Budget Programme 02 – Development Programme Recurrent Expenditure: Rs. 150,000,000,000 Capital Expenditure: Rs. 350,000,000,000 Total: Rs. 500,000,000,000 (Cabinet approval obtained.)”
¶ 04 Question proposed.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 December 2025. No. 23115. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16263