Hon. Members
Parliament agreed to amend Head 240, Programme 02 of the Schedule by reducing the Department of National Budget’s recurrent and capital allocations to Rs. 43,847,300,000 and Rs. 37,664,700,000 respectively. The amendment transferred provisions for selected budget proposals to the implementing institutions and accommodated changes to ministerial subjects and functions under Extraordinary Gazette No. 2458/65 of 18 October 2025. The House then proceeded to Head 241, Department of Public Enterprises, with allocations listed for its Operational Activities programme.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Aye.
¶ 02 Resolved:
¶ 03 "On page 12, delete line 12 and substitute with:
¶ 04 'Programme 02 Development Programme Rs. 43,847,300,000 Rs. 37,664,700,000'"
¶ 05 [The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha]
¶ 06 (The objective of this amendment is to reduce Recurrent by Rs. 13,250,000,000 and Capital by Rs. 68,850,000,000 under Head 240 - Department of National Budget, by transferring provisions for budget proposals, other than Nos. 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 31, 42, 43, 45, 48, 50, 54, 55, 58, 61, to the institutions implementing those proposals; and to facilitate changes to subjects and functions among Ministries in line with Extraordinary Gazette No. 2458/65 dated 2025.10.18.)
¶ 07 Question, "That the decreased sum of Rs. 43,847,300,000, for Head 240, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 08 Head 240, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 09 Question, "That the decreased sum of Rs. 37,664,700,000, for Head 240, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 10 Head 240, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 11 HEAD 241.- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
¶ 12 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 162,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 78,513,000,000
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