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Hon. Members

5 March 2025 ·Procedural: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Committee Stage: Final Amendments and Progress Report

Public Finance
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Parliament agreed to insert increased allocations into the Schedule, approving Rs. 24.99 billion for recurrent expenditure and Rs. 6.16 billion for capital expenditure. It also approved allocations under Head 124, Programme 01, including Rs. 270 million for recurrent expenditure and Rs. 24 million for capital expenditure, with further figures noted for Programme 02 development activities.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 24,990,000,000, for Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 03 Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 04 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 6,160,000,000, for Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 05 Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 06 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 270,000,000, for Head 124, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 124, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 24,000,000

¶ 09 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 24,000,000, for Head 124, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” put and agreed to.

¶ 10 Head 124, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 11 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 1,571,300,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 4,293,700,000

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