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Hon. Members

10 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Seventeenth Allotted Day – Committee Stage

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The Committee agreed to increase the Recurrent Expenditure allocation by Rs. 207.2 billion and the Capital Expenditure allocation by Rs. 65.7 billion, and ordered both amended expenditures to stand part of the Schedule. It then recorded allocations under Head 126 for the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, including operational and development programme expenditures for recurrent and capital activities.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Question, “That the increased sum of Rs. 207,200,000,000, 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. 65,700,000,000, 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 Head 126 - Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

¶ 07 Programme 01 - Operational Activities: Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 39,360,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 3,910,000,000

¶ 08 Programme 02 - Development Activities: Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 76,425,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 49,545,000,000

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