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Hon. Members

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

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Parliament agreed to amend Head 186, Programme 02, increasing Capital Expenditure to Rs. 7,330,000,000 by incorporating Rs. 3,000,000,000 under Budget Proposal No. 10, while approving Recurrent Expenditure of Rs. 4,513,000,000. The Committee also approved allocations for Head 227, Department of Registration of Persons, under Programme 01: Rs. 2,000,000,000 for Recurrent Expenditure and Rs. 2,520,000,000 for Capital Expenditure.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved: Replace line to read: “Programme 02 – Development Activities Rs. 4,513,000,000 Rs. 7,330,000,000”

¶ 03 (Note: The intent is to increase Capital by Rs. 3,000,000,000 by incorporating allocations under Budget Proposal No. 10.)

¶ 04 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 4,513,000,000, for Head 186, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Head 186, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 7,330,000,000, for Head 186, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 186, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 HEAD 227 – DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION OF PERSONS

¶ 09 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 2,000,000,000

¶ 10 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,000,000,000, for Head 227, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 11 Head 227, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 12 Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Capital Expenditure, Rs. 2,520,000,000

¶ 13 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,520,000,000, for Head 227, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 14 Head 227, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

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