The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna
Moved amendments to the 2026 Appropriation Bill during the Committee Stage on behalf of the Minister of Finance, revising allocations for the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure. The amendments increased total recurrent expenditure to Rs. 13.35 billion and reduced capital expenditure to Rs. 11.7 billion, with a further Rs. 7.5 billion increase under Head 135, Programme 02, reflecting Budget Proposals Nos. 14 and 23. The relevant recurrent and capital expenditure votes, including Programme 01 and Programme 02 allocations, were put to the House, agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Minister of Finance, during the Committee Stage of the 2026 Appropriation Bill, under the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, I move the following amendments:
¶ 02 - Recurrent Expenditure increased to Rs. 13,350,000,000. - Capital Expenditure decreased to Rs. 11,700,000,000.
¶ 03 Questions put, and agreed to. Recurrent and Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 04 Under Head 135 – Programme 01 (Operational Activities): - Recurrent Expenditure: Rs. 1,668,000,000 – Question put, and agreed to. Ordered to stand part of the Schedule. - Capital Expenditure: Rs. 176,000,000 – Question put, and agreed to. Ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 05 Under Head 135 – Programme 02 (Development Activities): - Recurrent Expenditure: Rs. 3,710,000,000; Capital Expenditure: Rs. 10,678,000,000
¶ 06 I move the following amendment for Head 135, Programme 02:
¶ 07 - On page 27, delete line 22 and substitute: - “Programme 02 – Development Activities: Recurrent Expenditure Rs. 11,210,000,000; Capital Expenditure Rs. 10,678,000,000.”
¶ 08 Note: The purpose of this amendment is to increase Recurrent Provision under Head 135 (Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure) by Rs. 7,500,000,000 by incorporating allocations proposed under Budget Proposals Nos. 14 and 23.
¶ 09 Questions put, and agreed to. Recurrent Expenditure (as amended) and Capital Expenditure ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
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Cite as: The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23558