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Hon. Members

5 December 2025 ·Debate: Debate - Appropriation Bill 2026 Committee Stage: Amendments to Ministry Heads

Public Finance
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An amendment to Head 102 under the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was agreed, increasing Programme 02 capital expenditure by Rs. 1.1 billion to Rs. 9.807 billion, incorporating provisions from Budget Proposals Nos. 07 and 09. The related recurrent allocation of Rs. 12 million and the amended capital allocation were approved to stand part of the Schedule, after which consideration proceeded to Head 237, the Department of National Planning.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved:

¶ 03 "On page 12, delete line 3 and substitute with:

¶ 04 'Programme 02 Development Programme Rs. 12,000,000 Rs. 9,807,000,000'"

¶ 05 [The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha]

¶ 06 (The objective of this amendment is to increase by Rs. 1,100,000,000 the capital allocation under Head 102 - Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, incorporating the provisions proposed under Budget Proposals Nos. 07 and 09.)

¶ 07 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 12,000,000, for Head 102, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 102, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 9,807,000,000, for Head 102, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 10 Head 102, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 11 HEAD 237 - DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PLANNING

¶ 12 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 204,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 7,224,000,000

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Hansard, Friday, 5 December 2025 ·No. 23059 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Members. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23570