Mr. Speaker

¶ 01 Head 130 to Head 266

¶ 02 Friday, 06 December 2024

¶ 03 Recurrent and Capital Expenditure – Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government

¶ 04 - Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government - Recurrent: Rs. 160,933,765,000 - Capital: Rs. 9,542,650,000 - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,383,400,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 379,100,000 (Capital) - Department of Pensions - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 140,210,600,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 7,231,000,000 - Department of Registrar General - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,441,800,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 26,900,000 - District Secretariat, Colombo - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 784,850,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 445,400,000 - District Secretariat, Gampaha - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,055,600,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 90,800,000 - District Secretariat, Kalutara - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 812,250,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 62,500,000 - District Secretariat, Kandy - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,184,850,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 75,700,000 - District Secretariat, Matale - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 616,800,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 40,900,000 - District Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 531,700,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 31,700,000 - District Secretariat, Galle - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,211,900,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 26,400,000 - District Secretariat, Matara - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 964,600,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 51,400,000 - District Secretariat, Hambantota - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 704,700,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 114,100,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Jaffna - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 823,500,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 73,200,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Mannar - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 203,300,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 36,300,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Vavuniya - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 184,710,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 43,000,000

¶ 05 Head 267 to Head 279; Head 312 to Head 314

¶ 06 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Mullaitivu - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 233,300,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 45,800,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Kilinochchi - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 234,370,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 34,050,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Batticaloa - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 729,900,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 32,600,000 - District Secretariat, Ampara - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 824,650,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 59,100,000 - District Secretariat/Kachcheri, Trincomalee - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 372,250,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 33,900,000 - District Secretariat, Kurunegala - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,683,980,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 54,100,000 - District Secretariat, Puttalam - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 606,890,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 28,300,000 - District Secretariat, Anuradhapura - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 805,680,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 30,300,000 - District Secretariat, Polonnaruwa - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 376,800,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 149,600,000 - District Secretariat, Badulla - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 736,285,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 46,300,000 - District Secretariat, Monaragala - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 486,610,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 48,600,000 - District Secretariat, Ratnapura - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 797,500,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 144,900,000 - District Secretariat, Kegalle - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 930,990,000 (Recurrent) - Capital: Rs. 81,700,000

¶ 07 Provincial Councils (Heads 312–319 and 321) - Total Recurrent: Rs. 157,696,292,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 27,000,000,000

¶ 08 - Western Provincial Council - Recurrent: Rs. 24,490,000,000 - Capital (Development – Programme 02): Rs. 2,720,000,000 - Central Provincial Council - Recurrent: Rs. 20,720,000,000 - Capital (Development – Programme 02): Rs. 3,350,000,000 - Southern Provincial Council - Recurrent: Rs. 20,010,000,000 - Capital (Development – Programme 02): Rs. 2,820,000,000 - Northern Provincial Council (Head 315) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 14,430,000,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 3,220,000,000 (Capital) - North Western Provincial Council (Head 316) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 18,615,000,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 2,930,000,000 (Capital) - North Central Provincial Council (Head 317) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 12,485,000,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 2,920,000,000 (Capital) - Uva Provincial Council (Head 318) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 13,101,292,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 3,070,000,000 (Capital) - Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council (Head 319) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 16,927,000,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 3,000,000,000 (Capital) - Eastern Provincial Council (Head 321) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 16,918,000,000 (Recurrent) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 2,970,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 09 Head 135 – Minister of Plantation and Social Infrastructure Facilities - Total Recurrent: Rs. 1,862,000,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 1,790,000,000 - Minister of Plantation and Social Infrastructure Facilities - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 599,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 20,000,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 1,069,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 1,451,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Estate Development (Head 293) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 146,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 194,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Coir Industry Development (Head 337) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 48,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 125,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 10 Head 149 – Ministry of Industries and Enterprise Development - Total Recurrent: Rs. 1,656,133,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 2,808,667,000 - Minister of Industries and Enterprise Development (Head 149) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 485,433,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 40,367,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 1,054,800,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 2,744,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Textile Industry (Head 303) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 115,900,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 24,300,000 (Capital)

¶ 11 Head 151 – Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources and Marine Resources - Total Recurrent: Rs. 4,089,500,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 1,679,500,000 - Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources and Marine Resources (Head 151) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 135,500,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 11,500,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 559,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 1,629,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Head 160) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 3,395,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 39,000,000 (Capital) - Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department (Head 287) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 337,800,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 25,200,000 (Capital)

¶ 12 Head 170 – Ministry of Environment - Total Recurrent: Rs. 4,189,300,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 748,700,000 - Ministry of Environment (Head 170) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 448,667,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 19,000,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 230,466,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 133,401,000 (Capital) - Department of Forest Conservation (Head 284) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 830,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 218,500,000 (Capital) - Department of Wildlife Conservation (Head 291) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,795,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 273,000,000 (Capital) - Department of National Zoological Gardens (Head 89) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 140,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 106,000,000 (Capital) - Department of National Botanic Gardens (Head 10) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 254,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 7,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 13 Head 171 – Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs - Total Recurrent: Rs. 4,534,433,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 197,033,000 - Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs (Head 171) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 161,833,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 8,133,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 4,534,433,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 197,033,000 (Capital) - Department of Probation and Child Care Services (Head 217) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 19,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 500,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 133,401,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 24,800,000 (Capital)

¶ 14 Head 186 – Ministry of Digital Economy - Total Recurrent: Rs. 2,056,600,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 1,688,100,000 - Minister of Digital Economy (Head 186) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 79,700,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 7,100,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 1,306,900,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 1,075,000,000 (Capital) - Department for Registration of Persons (Head 227) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 670,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 606,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 15 Head 189 – Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs - Total Recurrent: Rs. 60,528,300,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 4,536,275,000 - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs (Head 189) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 6,755,300,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 676,275,000 (Capital) - Department of Police (Head 225) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 51,825,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 2,095,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Immigration and Emigration (Head 226) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 1,948,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 1,765,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 16 Head 193 – Ministry of Labour - Total Recurrent: Rs. 1,498,563,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 588,382,000 - Minister of Labour (Head 193) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 76,617,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 8,915,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 51,797,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 1,317,000 (Capital) - Department of Labour (Head 221) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 745,330,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 320,483,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 420,372,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 249,667,000 (Capital) - Department of Manpower and Employment (Head 328) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 204,447,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 2,333,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 0 (Recurrent); Rs. 5,667,000 (Capital)

¶ 17 Head 194 – Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports - Total Recurrent: Rs. 2,356,000,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 1,404,000,000 - Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Head 194) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 412,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 205,000,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 1,056,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 497,000,000 (Capital) - Department of Sports Development (Head 219) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 64,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 12,000,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 524,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 690,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 18 Head 196 – Ministry of Science and Technology - Total Recurrent: Rs. 930,000,000 - Total Capital: Rs. 800,000,000 - Minister of Science and Technology (Head 196) - Programme 01 – Administrative Activities: Rs. 76,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 8,000,000 (Capital) - Programme 02 – Development Activities: Rs. 904,000,000 (Recurrent); Rs. 792,000,000 (Capital)

¶ 19 Total of the above Heads: - Recurrent: Rs. 976,074,263,000 - Capital: Rs. 426,812,000,000

¶ 20 Second Schedule (Clause 2) Expenditure of the Government, being expenditure which, under the Constitution and other written law, is authorized and is to be charged on the Consolidated Fund.

¶ 21 - His Excellency the President – Article 36 of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 2,340,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 2,340,000 - Judges of the Supreme Court – Article 108 of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 31,700,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 31,700,000 - Office of the Public Service Commission – Chapter IX of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 3,420,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 3,420,000 - Judicial Service Commission – Chapter XV of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 900,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 900,000 - National Police Commission – Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 2,700,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 2,700,000 - Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption – Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994 - Recurrent: Rs. 5,600,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 5,600,000 - Parliament – Article 65 of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 500,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 500,000 - Elections Commission – Article 103 of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 2,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 2,000,000 - Auditor General’s Department – Article 153 of the Constitution - Included under Treasury Operations - Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) – Article 156 of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 570,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 570,000 - Audit Service Commission – Article 153A(5) of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 1,735,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 1,735,000 - National Procurement Commission – Article 156A(3) of the Constitution - Recurrent: Rs. 2,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 2,000,000 - Ministry of Health and Mass Media – Medical Ordinance (Cap. 105) - Recurrent: Rs. 2,000 - Capital: Rs. 5,000 - Total: Rs. 7,000

¶ 22 Treasury Operations – under various provisions (including Loans Act No. 29 of 1957; Finance Ordinance; Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions) - Recurrent: Rs. 898,205,000,000 - Capital: Rs. 3,273,188,000,000 - Total: Rs. 4,171,393,000,000

¶ 23 Department of Pensions – statutory payments (including Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Fund; Teachers’ Pensions) - Recurrent: Rs. 25,666,700,000 - Capital: Rs. 0 - Total: Rs. 25,666,700,000

¶ 24 Grand Total – Second Schedule: - Recurrent: Rs. 923,925,737,000 - Capital: Rs. 3,273,188,000,000 - Total: Rs. 4,197,113,737,000

¶ 25 Question put, and agreed to.