The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 7 March 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage (Heads 117, 123, 306, 307, 309-311, 332, 336)

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Moved Committee Stage amendments to the Appropriation Bill, 2025, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, revising allocations for the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Civil Aviation. The amendments increase the Ministry’s capital provision to Rs. 435.1 billion, including an additional Rs. 13 billion under Head 117 and Rs. 1.1 billion under Head 306, with allocations linked to specified Budget Proposals.

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¶ 01 On behalf of the Minister of Finance, at the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2025, I move the following amendment in respect of the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Civil Aviation:

¶ 02 On page 17, line 13 be deleted and substituted as follows: Capital Rs. 435,100,000,000.

¶ 03 I further move, in respect of Head 117, Programme 02, that on page 17, line 17 be deleted and substituted as follows: Programme 02 - Development Programme Recurrent Rs. 16,070,000,000 Capital Rs. 402,036,000,000.

¶ 04 (Note: The purpose of this amendment is to increase the capital provision by Rs. 13,000,000,000 by including provisions allocated under Budget Proposals Nos. 06, 09, 11 and 16 for Head 117.)

¶ 05 In respect of Head 306, Programme 02, I move that on page 17, line 19 be deleted and substituted as follows: Programme 02 - Development Programme Recurrent Rs. 31,378,000,000 Capital Rs. 31,576,000,000.

¶ 06 (Note: The purpose of this amendment is to increase the capital provision by Rs. 1,100,000,000 by including provisions allocated under Budget Proposals Nos. 23, 42 and 54 for Head 306.)

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