Hon. Members
The Committee agreed to amend Head 189, Programme 01 by increasing the capital allocation by Rs. 500 million to Rs. 2.545 billion, incorporating Budget Proposal No. 31, while retaining recurrent expenditure at Rs. 17.1 billion. It then approved allocations for the Department of Police under Head 225, including Rs. 136.1 billion recurrent and Rs. 8.2 billion capital expenditure, with Hon. K. K. Ponnambalam’s objection recorded. Allocations for the Department of Immigration and Emigration under Head 226 were also approved, comprising Rs. 5.8 billion recurrent and Rs. 6.2 billion capital expenditure, before the Committee reported progress and adjourned to sit again on 1 March 2025.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Aye.
¶ 02 Resolved:
¶ 03 "On page 29, line 11, delete and substitute the following item:
¶ 04 'Programme 01 - Operational Activities - Recurrent Rs. 17,100,000,000; Capital Rs. 2,545,000,000'."
¶ 05 [The Hon. Ananda Wijepala] (The intention of this amendment is to increase by Rs. 500,000,000 the capital allocation for Head 189 by incorporating the provisions made under Budget Proposal No. 31.)
¶ 06 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 17,100,000,000, for Head 189, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 07 Head 189, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 08 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 2,545,000,000, for Head 189, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 09 Head 189, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 10 Head 225.- Department of Police
¶ 11 Programme 01 - Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 136,100,000,000
¶ 12 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 136,100,000,000, for Head 225, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 13 Head 225, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 14 Programme 01 - Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 8,200,000,000
¶ 15 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 8,200,000,000, for Head 225, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 16 Head 225, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 17 The objection of Hon. K. K. Ponnambalam, MP, for Head 225 is recorded.
¶ 18 Head 226.- Department of Immigration and Emigration
¶ 19 Programme 01 - Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 5,800,000,000
¶ 20 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 5,800,000,000, for Head 226, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 21 Head 226, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 22 Programme 01 - Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 6,200,000,000
¶ 23 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 6,200,000,000, for Head 226, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.
¶ 24 Head 226, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 25 At 6.44 p.m., the Chairman left the Chair to report Progress.
¶ 26 Committee report Progress; to sit again on Saturday, 01st March, 2025.
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