Hon. Members
Parliament agreed to amend Expenditure Head 214 for the University Grants Commission, increasing Programme 02 recurrent provision to Rs. 85 billion, with Rs. 10.5 billion in capital expenditure, to implement Budget Proposal Nos. 28 and 29. The Committee then approved the recurrent and capital allocations for the Department of Technical Education and Training under Head 215 and the National Education Commission under Head 335, and ordered those items to stand part of the Schedule.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Aye.
¶ 02 Resolved:
¶ 03 “In page 25, leave out all words in line 19 and insert:
¶ 04 ‘Programme 02 Development Activities Rs. 85,000,000,000 Rs. 10,500,000,000’ ”
¶ 05 [The effect of this Amendment is to increase the Recurrent provision by Rs. 2,000,000,000 of Expenditure Head 214 – University Grants Commission – to implement Budget Proposal Nos. 28 and 29.]
¶ 06 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 85,000,000,000, for Head 214, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 07 Head 214, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 08 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 10,500,000,000, for Head 214, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 09 Head 214, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 10 Head 215 – Department of Technical Education and Training
¶ 11 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 485,700,000.
¶ 12 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 13 Head 215, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 14 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Capital Expenditure, Rs. 109,800,000.
¶ 15 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 16 Head 215, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 17 Programme 02 – Development Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 3,076,300,000.
¶ 18 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 19 Head 215, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 20 Programme 02 – Development Activities – Capital Expenditure, Rs. 391,200,000.
¶ 21 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 22 Head 215, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 23 Head 335 – National Education Commission
¶ 24 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 77,000,000.
¶ 25 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 26 Head 335, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 27 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Capital Expenditure, Rs. 12,000,000.
¶ 28 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 29 Head 335, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
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