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The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 10 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Seventeenth Allotted Day – Committee Stage

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An amendment was moved at the Committee Stage of the 2025 Budget on behalf of the Minister of Finance to revise the allocations for the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. The proposed figures were Rs. 207.2 billion for recurrent expenditure and Rs. 65.7 billion for capital expenditure.

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¶ 01 Sir, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, I move the following Amendment for the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education at the Committee Stage of the Budget, 2025.

¶ 02 “In page 25, leave out all words in lines 2 and 3 and insert:

¶ 03 Rs. 207,200,000,000 Rs. 65,700,000,000”

¶ 04 Recurrent Capital

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Hansard, Monday, 10 March 2025 ·No. 1743651953052186 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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