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Hon. Members

14 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025: Committee Stage - Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure (Heads 135, 293, 337)

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Parliament agreed to the amended Capital Expenditure allocation of Rs. 12.038 billion and ordered it to stand part of the Schedule. It also approved allocations under Head 135, including Rs. 1.702 billion for Programme 01 recurrent expenditure and Rs. 69 million for Programme 01 capital expenditure, while noting Programme 02 allocations of Rs. 3.183 billion recurrent and Rs. 10.269 billion capital expenditure.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 12,038,000,000, for Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to. Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 03 Question, “That the sum of Rs. 1,702,000,000, for Head 135, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to. Head 135, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 04 Programme 01 — Operational Activities — Capital Expenditure, Rs. 69,000,000. Question, “That the sum of Rs. 69,000,000, for Head 135, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule,” put and agreed to. Head 135, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 05 Programme 02 — Development Activities — Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 3,183,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 10,269,000,000.

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