Mr. Speaker

¶ 01 Motion under Article 150(2) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, for the submission of Vote on Account under Section 23(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, No. 44 of 2024, for the period commencing on January 01, 2025 and ending on the day immediately preceding the date on which the Appropriation Act for the financial year 2025 comes into operation, or on April 30, 2025, whichever occurs first, as follows:

¶ 02 (a) A sum not exceeding Rs. 1,402,886,263,000 to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the services specified in the First Schedule to this Resolution (being services for which provision for expenditure has been made by the Appropriation Act, No. 34 of 2023 and by Supplementary Estimates), and the said sums may be expended in the manner set out in that Schedule during the aforesaid period; and

¶ 03 (b) A sum not exceeding Rs. 4,197,113,737,000 to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the services specified in the Second Schedule to this Resolution (being expenditure for requirements authorized by law to be charged on the Consolidated Fund), and the said sums may be expended in the manner set out in that Schedule during the aforesaid period; and

¶ 04 (c) Sums in the aggregate not exceeding Rs. 5,000,000,000 to be paid as advances from the Consolidated Fund of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the services specified in Column I of the Third Schedule to this Resolution during the aforesaid period; provided that, in respect of any such services, the outstanding balances recorded in Column II of that Schedule shall not exceed the specified maximum limits; and

¶ 05 (2) Sums in the aggregate not exceeding Rs. 4,000,000,000,000 to be raised as loans, in or outside Sri Lanka, for and on behalf of the Government in accordance with applicable law, with the details of the said loans and the arrangements made for expenditure under the Schedules to this Resolution to be included in the Final Budget Position Report required to be placed before Parliament under Section 50(2)(e) and Section 51(2)(e) of the Public Finance Management Act, No. 44 of 2024; and

¶ 06 Further, any moneys allocated under the expenditure Head No. 240 – “Department of National Budget” in the First Schedule to this Resolution, under the Programme “Development Activities”, may be re-allocated, in accordance with the guidelines specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Resolution, by General Warrant of the Secretary to the Treasury or, on his authority, by the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury or the Director General of the Department of National Budget. Such allocations may also be transferred, in accordance with the prescribed guidelines, by order of the Secretary to the Treasury or, on his authority, by a Deputy Secretary to the Treasury or by an Additional Director General of the Department of National Budget, to any other Programme under any other Head in the Schedule. Any such transfer shall be deemed to be a Supplementary Provision and a report containing the reasons for such transfer and the amount so transferred shall be submitted to Parliament within two months from the date of such transfer.

¶ 07 This Parliament so resolves under Article 150(2) of the Constitution.

¶ 08 First Schedule — Sums to be paid for General Services (selected entries)

¶ 09 - Heads 1–25: Special Expenditure Items - Recurrent: Rs. 15,774,660,000 - Capital: Rs. 2,914,085,000

¶ 10 - His Excellency the President - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 1,091,140,000 - Programme 02: Development Activities — Rs. 15,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 188,800,000

¶ 11 - Office of the Prime Minister - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 364,450,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,350,000,000

¶ 12 - Judges of the Superior Courts - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 146,200,000 - Capital: Rs. 13,550,000

¶ 13 - Cabinet Office - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 68,800,000 - Capital: Rs. 6,100,000

¶ 14 - Public Service Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 107,080,000 - Capital: Rs. 4,200,000

¶ 15 - Judicial Service Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 48,870,000 - Capital: Rs. 3,500,000

¶ 16 - National Police Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 78,300,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,230,000

¶ 17 - Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 16,250,000 - Capital: Rs. 4,000,000

¶ 18 - Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 315,600,000 - Capital: Rs. 137,300,000

¶ 19 - Office of the National Procurement Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 23,850,000 - Capital: Rs. 100,000

¶ 20 - Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 120,800,000 - Capital: Rs. 6,200,000

¶ 21 - Parliament - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 1,470,250,000 - Capital: Rs. 754,250,000

¶ 22 - Office of the Leader of the House of Parliament - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 26,070,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,430,000

¶ 23 - Office of the Leader of the Opposition - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 56,400,000 - Capital: Rs. 600,000

¶ 24 - Office of the Chief Government Whip of Parliament - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 108,500,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,000,000

¶ 25 - Election Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 10,384,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 54,500,000

¶ 26 - National Audit Office - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 1,240,570,000 - Capital: Rs. 357,360,000

¶ 27 - Audit Service Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 13,230,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,200,000

¶ 28 - National Procurement Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 24,900,000 - Capital: Rs. 415,000

¶ 29 - Delimitation Commission - Programme 01: Operating Activities — Rs. 6,500,000 - Capital: Rs. 28,100,000

¶ 30 - Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs - Recurrent: Rs. 206,700,000 - Capital: Rs. 505,300,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 450,800,000; Capital: Rs. 500,000 - Department of Buddhist Affairs — Operating: Rs. 39,500,000; Capital: Rs. 11,500,000 - Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs — Development: Rs. 219,000,000; Capital: Rs. 4,500,000 - Department of Christian Religious Affairs — Development: Rs. 51,000,000; Capital: Rs. 10,000,000 - Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs — Development: Rs. 23,500,000; Capital: Rs. 7,000,000 - Department of Public Trustee — Operating: Rs. 61,000,000; Capital: Rs. 2,000,000 - Department of Cultural Affairs — Operating: Rs. 31,500,000; Development: Rs. 41,500,000; Capital: Rs. 800,000 and Rs. 21,700,000 respectively - Department of Archaeology — Operating: Rs. 113,200,000; Development: Rs. 563,300,000; Capital: Rs. 6,000,000 and Rs. 19,000,000 respectively - Department of National Museums — Operating: Rs. 31,200,000; Development: Rs. 96,800,000; Capital: Rs. 2,000,000 and Rs. 29,000,000 respectively - Department of National Archives — Operating: Rs. 44,000,000; Development: Rs. 23,500,000; Capital: Rs. 1,500,000 and Rs. 355,000,000 respectively

¶ 31 - Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - Recurrent: Rs. 133,038,363,000 - Capital: Rs. 52,993,449,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 107,239,114,000; Development: Rs. 3,100,000; Capital: Rs. 177,250,000 and Rs. 574,688,000 - Department of National Planning — Operating: Rs. 54,948,000; Capital: Rs. 11,424,540,000 - Department of Fiscal Policy — Operating: Rs. 47,650,000; Capital: Rs. 1,250,000 - Department of External Resources — Operating: Rs. 102,440,000; Capital: Rs. 2,753,755,000 - Department of National Budget — Operating: Rs. 101,430,000; Development: Rs. 8,000,000,000; Capital: Rs. 114,100,000 and Rs. 12,700,000,000 - Department of Public Enterprises — Operating: Rs. 99,140,000; Capital: Rs. 11,421,170,000 - Department of Management Services — Operating: Rs. 49,025,000; Capital: Rs. 1,280,000 - Department of Development Finance — Operating: Rs. 5,198,550,000; Development: Rs. 9,680,092,000; Capital: Rs. 2,240,000 - Department of Trade and Investment Policy — Operating: Rs. 38,720,000; Capital: Rs. 46,300,000 - Department of State Accounts — Operating: Rs. 41,264,000; Capital: Rs. 83,000,000 - Department of Inland Revenue — Operating: Rs. 2,576,035,000; Capital: Rs. 205,420,000 - Sri Lanka Customs — Operating: Rs. 1,472,867,000; Capital: Rs. 1,044,970,000 - Department of Excise — Operating: Rs. 972,280,000; Capital: Rs. 149,000,000 - Department of Treasury Operations — Operating: Rs. 5,844,510,000; Capital: Rs. 1,816,460,000 - Department of State Accounts — Operating: Rs. 45,790,000; Capital: Rs. 37,220,000 - Department of Valuation — Operating: Rs. 342,330,000; Capital: Rs. 134,500,000 - Department of Census and Statistics — Operating: Rs. 356,433,000; Capital: Rs. 551,116,000 - Department of Project Management and Monitoring — Development: Rs. 33,527,000; Capital: Rs. 6,688,000 - Department of Import and Export Control — Operating: Rs. 63,312,000; Capital: Rs. 2,300,000 - Department of Legal Affairs — Operating: Rs. 8,769,000; Capital: Rs. 800,000 - Department of Management Audit — Operating: Rs. 24,600,000; Capital: Rs. 1,830,000 - Department of Information Technology Management — Operating: Rs. 281,099,000; Capital: Rs. 60,530,000 - Office of the Comptroller General — Operating: Rs. 20,465,000; Capital: Rs. 1,150,000 - Public Debt Management Office — Operating: Rs. 20,965,000; Capital: Rs. 1,800,000

¶ 32 - Ministry of Defence - Recurrent: Rs. 129,700,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 13,255,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 2,569,000,000; Development: Rs. 2,336,000,000; Capital: Rs. 546,000,000 and Rs. 1,544,000,000 - Sri Lanka Army — Operating: Rs. 74,937,000,000; Capital: Rs. 1,225,000,000 - Sri Lanka Navy — Operating: Rs. 24,725,000,000; Capital: Rs. 4,008,000,000 - Sri Lanka Air Force — Operating: Rs. 16,962,000,000; Capital: Rs. 5,788,000,000 - Department of Meteorology — Development: Rs. 156,000,000; Capital: Rs. 19,000,000 - Department of Civil Security — Operating: Rs. 7,885,000,000; Capital: Rs. 45,000,000 - Sri Lanka Coast Guard Department — Operating: Rs. 130,000,000; Capital: Rs. 80,000,000

¶ 33 - Ministry of Justice and National Integration - Recurrent: Rs. 12,538,278,000 - Capital: Rs. 4,734,882,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 1,324,431,000; Capital: Rs. 1,708,745,000 - Judicial Administration — Operating: Rs. 3,734,247,000; Capital: Rs. 1,687,630,000 - Attorney General’s Department — Operating: Rs. 676,820,000; Capital: Rs. 20,390,000 - Legal Draftsman’s Department — Operating: Rs. 74,505,000; Capital: Rs. 6,630,000 - Debt Conciliation Board — Operating: Rs. 33,843,000; Capital: Rs. 1,670,000 - Department of Prisons — Operating: Rs. 5,975,470,000; Capital: Rs. 1,222,400,000 - Government Analyst’s Department — Operating: Rs. 245,100,000; Capital: Rs. 69,340,000 - Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court — Operating: Rs. 137,625,000; Capital: Rs. 5,327,000 - Law Commission — Operating: Rs. 8,910,000; Capital: Rs. 670,000 - Department of Official Languages — Operating: Rs. 71,850,000; Capital: Rs. 4,050,000 - Department of Community Based Corrections — Operating: Rs. 255,477,000; Capital: Rs. 8,030,000

¶ 34 - Ministry of Health and Mass Media - Recurrent: Rs. 141,999,996,000 - Capital: Rs. 20,000,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 56,853,996,000; Development: Rs. 74,137,000,000; Capital: Rs. 9,590,000,000 and Rs. 9,110,000,000 - Department of Government Information — Operating: Rs. 144,000,000; Capital: Rs. 40,000,000 - Department of Government Printing — Operating: Rs. 1,749,000,000; Capital: Rs. 285,000,000 - Department of Ayurveda — Operating: Rs. 112,000,000; Development: Rs. 1,443,000,000; Capital: Rs. 28,000,000 and Rs. 272,000,000 - Minister of Health and Mass Media — Operating: Rs. 7,561,000,000; Capital: Rs. 675,000,000

¶ 35 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism - Recurrent: Rs. 5,261,550,000 - Capital: Rs. 665,800,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 522,200,000; Development: Rs. 63,500,000; Capital: Rs. 18,200,000 and Rs. 647,600,000

¶ 36 - Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development - Recurrent: Rs. 394,550,000 - Capital: Rs. 4,867,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 141,450,000; Development: Rs. 290,000,000; Capital: Rs. 16,650,000 and Rs. 2,000,000 - Department of Commerce — Operating: Rs. 168,350,000; Capital: Rs. 10,250,000 - Registrar of Companies — Operating: Rs. 36,200,000

¶ 37 - Department of Measurement Units, Standards and Services — Operating: Rs. 77,000,000; Capital: Rs. 26,900,000 - National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka — Operating: Rs. 28,400,000; Capital: Rs. 7,400,000 - Department of Food Commissioner — Operating: Rs. 40,700,000; Capital: Rs. 300,000 - Department of Co-operative Development (Registrar of Co-operative Societies) — Operating: Rs. 31,100,000; Capital: Rs. 14,600,000 - Co-operative Employees Commission — Operating: Rs. 9,000,000

¶ 38 - Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Services - Recurrent: Rs. 16,937,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 203,138,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 361,000,000; Development: Rs. 5,156,000,000; Capital: Rs. 192,520,400,000 - Department of Sri Lanka Railways — Development: Rs. 10,233,000,000; Capital: Rs. 10,139,000,000 - Department of Motor Traffic — Development: Rs. 1,141,000,000; Capital: Rs. 463,000,000 - Merchant Shipping Secretariat — Development: Rs. 46,000,000; Capital: Rs. 1,000,000

¶ 39 - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Resources, Lands and Irrigation - Recurrent: Rs. 33,370,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 33,991,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 425,000,000; Development: Rs. 20,827,000,000; Capital: Rs. 36,000,000 and Rs. 3,142,000,000 - Department of Agrarian Development — Operating: Rs. 88,000,000; Capital: Rs. 24,000,000 - Department of Irrigation — Operating: Rs. 334,000,000; Development: Rs. 1,280,000,000; Capital: Rs. 30,000,000 and Rs. 495,000,000 - Department of Agriculture — Operating: Rs. 238,000,000; Development: Rs. 2,198,000,000; Capital: Rs. 23,000,000 - Department of Land Commissioner General — Development: Rs. 242,000,000; Capital: Rs. 8,000,000 - Department of Land Title Settlement — Development: Rs. 292,000,000; Capital: Rs. 56,000,000 - Surveyor General’s Department of Sri Lanka — Operating: Rs. 127,000,000; Development: Rs. 1,609,000,000; Capital: Rs. 203,000,000 - Department of Export Agriculture — Development: Rs. 372,000,000; Capital: Rs. 172,000,000 - Department of Animal Production and Health — Operating: Rs. 312,000,000; Capital: Rs. 31,000,000 - Department of Land Use Policy Planning — Development: Rs. 208,000,000; Capital: Rs. 24,000,000

¶ 40 - Ministry of Power and Energy - Recurrent: Rs. 152,900,000 - Capital: Rs. 128,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 435,880,000; Development: Rs. 103,000,000; Capital: Rs. 9,450,000 and Rs. 404,500,000

¶ 41 - Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing - Recurrent: Rs. 72,850,000 - Capital: Rs. 166,700,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 5,700,000; Development: Rs. 4,043,950,000 - Department of Buildings — Operating: Rs. 18,250,000; Development: Rs. 15,675,560,000 - Government Factory Department — Development: Rs. 2,000,000 - National Physical Planning Department — Operating: Rs. 17,000,000 - National Community Water Supply Department — Operating: Rs. 20,700,000

¶ 42 - Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security and Social Empowerment - Recurrent: Rs. 8,380,734,000 - Capital: Rs. 1,034,134,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 91,167,000; Development: Rs. 634,167,000; Capital: Rs. 6,500,000 and Rs. 684,067,000 - Department of Social Services — Operating: Rs. 38,967,000; Development: Rs. 473,833,000; Capital: Rs. 2,700,000 and Rs. 34,867,000 - Samurdhi Development Department — Operating: Rs. 190,433,000; Development: Rs. 6,952,167,000; Capital: Rs. 5,667,000 and Rs. 300,333,000

¶ 43 - Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education - Recurrent: Rs. 72,000,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 20,000,000,000 - Minister’s Office — Operating: Rs. 14,525,000,000; Development: Rs. 26,945,000,000; Capital: Rs. 1,370,000,000 and Rs. 14,910,000,000 - Department of Examinations — Development: Rs. 5,050,000,000; Capital: Rs. 150,000,000 - Educational Publications Department — Development: Rs. 53,000,000; Capital: Rs. 17,000,000 - University Grants Commission — Development: Rs. 24,300,000,000; Capital: Rs. 3,500,000,000 - Department of Technical Education and Training — Operating: Rs. 110,000,000; Development: Rs. 990,000,000; Capital: Rs. 5,000,000 and Rs. 45,000,000 - National Education Commission — Operating: Rs. 27,000,000; Capital: Rs. 3,000,000

¶ 44 Question put, and agreed to.