The Hon. Anura Karunathilaka
Anura Karunathilaka, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, moved Committee Stage amendments to the Appropriation Bill, 2025 for the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing. The amendments increased the Ministry’s total capital allocation to Rs. 101.25 billion and raised Head 123, Programme 02 capital expenditure by Rs. 3.25 billion to Rs. 98.253 billion, incorporating provisions under Budget Proposals Nos. 18, 20, 25 and 30. The related recurrent and capital expenditure votes for Head 123 were put to the Committee and agreed to.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Minister of Finance, at the Committee Stage of the Appropriation Bill, 2025, for the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, I move:
¶ 02 On page 19, line 20 be deleted and substituted as follows: Capital Rs. 101,250,000,000.
¶ 03 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 101,250,000,000, for Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 04 Head 123.- Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,275,000,000
¶ 05 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 1,275,000,000, for Head 123, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 06 Head 123, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 07 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 86,000,000
¶ 08 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 86,000,000, for Head 123, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 09 Head 123, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 10 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 360,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 95,003,000,000
¶ 11 I move, in respect of Head 123, Programme 02:
¶ 12 On page 20, line 3 be deleted and substituted as follows: Programme 02 - Development Programme Recurrent Rs. 360,000,000 Capital Rs. 98,253,000,000.
¶ 13 (Note: The purpose of this amendment is to increase the capital provision by Rs. 3,250,000,000 by including provisions allocated under Budget Proposals Nos. 18, 20, 25 and 30 for Head 123.)
¶ 14 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 360,000,000, for Head 123, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 15 Head 123, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 16 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 98,253,000,000, for Head 123, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 17 Head 123, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
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