The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Hon. Kumara Jayakody stated that a Cabinet sub-committee has been appointed to address a two-year-old issue affecting stalled projects, and said the Government intends to resolve it quickly despite having been in office for only three months. He emphasized support for public-private partnerships and the need to attract investors to move the affected projects forward. The Committee then approved the relevant recurrent and capital expenditure allocations under Head 119 before reporting progress.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We have appointed a Cabinet sub-committee for that. We will resolve it quickly. We have been in office only three months; this is a two-year-old problem. We cannot prolong it. We also want it resolved. It has become a headache for us. Projects are stuck there. We are very much in favour of public-private partnerships. To move this forward, investors must be there. We will certainly do that.
¶ 02 Thank you very much.
¶ 03 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 598,000,000, for Head 119, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 04 Head 119, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 05 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 25,000,000
¶ 06 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 25,000,000, for Head 119, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 07 Head 119, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 08 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 463,000,000
¶ 09 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 463,000,000, for Head 119, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 10 Head 119, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 11 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 20,056,000,000
¶ 12 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 20,056,000,000, for Head 119, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to.
¶ 13 Head 119, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 14 It being 6.00 p.m., the Hon. Presiding Member left the Chair to report Progress.
¶ 15 Committee reported Progress; to sit again on Tuesday, 04th March, 2025.
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