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Hon. Members

11 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Committee Stage Debate (Heads 186, 196, 227)

Public Finance
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Parliament agreed to amend Head 196, Programme 02, increasing Capital Expenditure to Rs. 2,925,000,000 by incorporating Rs. 750,000,000 under Budget Proposal No. 24, while Recurrent Expenditure of Rs. 2,570,000,000 was also approved. The amended allocations were ordered to stand part of the Schedule, and the Ministry of Digital Economy allocations were then stated as Rs. 6,752,000,000 recurrent and Rs. 6,871,000,000 capital.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved: Replace line to read: “Programme 02 – Development Activities Rs. 2,570,000,000 Rs. 2,925,000,000”

¶ 03 (Note: The intent is to increase Capital by Rs. 750,000,000 by incorporating allocations under Budget Proposal No. 24.)

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,570,000,000, for Head 196, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 196, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 2,925,000,000, for Head 196, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 196, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 MINISTRY OF DIGITAL ECONOMY

¶ 09 Recurrent: Rs. 6,752,000,000 Capital: Rs. 6,871,000,000

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