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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 insert the specified allocations into the Schedule, including an increased Rs. 9.871 billion for Capital Expenditure and sums under Head 186. The Committee approved Rs. 239 million for Programme 01 Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 21 million for Programme 01 Capital Expenditure, and noted Programme 02 allocations of Rs. 4.513 billion recurrent and Rs. 4.330 billion capital for Development Activities.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 9,871,000,000, for Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 03 Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 239,000,000, for Head 186, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 186, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Capital Expenditure, Rs. 21,000,000

¶ 07 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 21,000,000, for Head 186, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 186, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Programme 02 – Development Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 4,513,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 4,330,000,000

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