Hon. Members
Parliament agreed to an amendment under Head 237, reducing the Department of National Planning’s Programme 01 capital allocation by Rs. 2,250,000,000 to Rs. 4,974,000,000, to facilitate funding for the National Community Power Movement referred to in Item 13 of the 2026 Budget Speech. The House approved the related recurrent allocation of Rs. 204,000,000 and then agreed to the recurrent and capital allocations for the Departments of Fiscal Policy, External Resources, and National Budget as listed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Aye.
¶ 02 Resolved:
¶ 03 "On page 12, delete line 5 and substitute with:
¶ 04 'Programme 01 Operational Activities Rs. 204,000,000 Rs. 4,974,000,000'"
¶ 05 [The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha]
¶ 06 (The objective of this amendment is to reduce by Rs. 2,250,000,000 the capital allocation under Head 237 - Department of National Planning, to facilitate the utilization by the National Community Power Movement as proposed under Item 13 of the 2026 Budget Speech.)
¶ 07 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 204,000,000, for Head 237, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 08 Head 237, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 09 Question, "That the decreased sum of Rs. 4,974,000,000, for Head 237, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 10 Head 237, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 11 HEAD 238.- DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL POLICY
¶ 12 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 126,000,000
¶ 13 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 126,000,000, for Head 238, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 14 Head 238, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 15 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 3,500,000
¶ 16 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 3,500,000, for Head 238, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 17 Head 238, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 18 HEAD 239.- DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL RESOURCES
¶ 19 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 363,000,000
¶ 20 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 363,000,000, for Head 239, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 21 Head 239, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 22 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 740,000,000
¶ 23 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 740,000,000, for Head 239, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 24 Head 239, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 25 HEAD 240.- DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL BUDGET
¶ 26 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 294,000,000
¶ 27 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 294,000,000, for Head 240, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 28 Head 240, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 29 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 377,000,000
¶ 30 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 377,000,000, for Head 240, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 31 Head 240, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 32 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 57,097,300,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 106,514,700,000
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