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Hon. Members

26 November 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2026 - Committee Stage, Sixteenth Allotted Day

Public Finance
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Parliament agreed to amend the Schedule for Head 151, Programme 02, increasing the capital allocation for the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources by Rs. 1,000,000,000 to implement Budget Proposal No. 38. The recurrent allocation of Rs. 2,381,500,000 and the amended capital allocation of Rs. 7,209,800,000 were approved, after which the related Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources allocations under Head 290 were set out.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved:

¶ 03 “On page 34, delete line 16 and substitute: ‘Programme 02 Development Activities 2,381,500,000 7,209,800,000’.”

¶ 04 [Purpose: To implement Budget Proposal No. 38 by increasing the capital allocation to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources by Rs. 1,000,000,000.]

¶ 05 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 2,381,500,000, for Head 151, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 06 Head 151, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 07 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 7,209,800,000, for Head 151, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 151, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Head 290 – Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Programme 01 – Operational Activities – Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,257,700,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 185,400,000.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 26 November 2025 ·No. 22993 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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