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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 to Expenditure Head 126 to revise allocations for Programme 01, Operational Activities, and Programme 02, Development Activities. The proposed changes would increase recurrent expenditure by Rs. 1.2 billion and capital expenditure by Rs. 700 million to implement Budget Proposal Nos. 15, 26, 44 and 46.

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¶ 01 Sir, I move the following Amendment to Head 126.

¶ 02 “In page 25, leave out all words in lines 6 and 7 and insert:

¶ 03 Programme 01 Operational Activities Rs. 40,360,000,000 Rs. 3,910,000,000

¶ 04 Programme 02 Development Activities Rs. 76,625,000,000 Rs. 50,245,000,000”

¶ 05 [The effect of this Amendment is to increase the Recurrent provisions and Capital provisions for Expenditure Head No. 126 by Rs. 1,200,000,000 and Rs. 700,000,000 respectively, allocated to implement Budget Proposal Nos. 15, 26, 44 and 46.]

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