The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
On behalf of the Minister of Finance, an amendment was moved at the 2026 Committee Stage to revise allocations under Head 119, Ministry of Energy, for operational and development activities. The changes transferred funds from the Department of National Budget to the Energy Ministry and shifted allocations related to the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board and Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council to the Ministry of Science and Technology under Gazette Extraordinary No. 2458/65. The revised recurrent and capital expenditure amounts for Programme 01 and Programme 02 were put to the House and agreed to.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, on behalf of the Minister of Finance at the 2026 Committee Stage, I move the following amendment for the Ministry of Energy:
¶ 02 On page 20, delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute: - Programme 01 — Operational Activities: Recurrent Rs. 706,000,000; Capital Rs. 36,000,000. - Programme 02 — Development Activities: Recurrent Rs. 260,000,000; Capital Rs. 21,371,000,000.
¶ 03 (Note: The purpose is to transfer Rs. 36,000,000 of recurrent and Rs. 7,000,000 of capital from Head 240 — Department of National Budget — to Head 119 — Energy; and, pursuant to Gazette Extraordinary No. 2458/65 of 18.10.2025, to transfer Rs. 170,000,000 recurrent and Rs. 600,000,000 capital relating to the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board and the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council from Head 119 — Minister of Energy — to the Ministry of Science and Technology.)
¶ 04 Question put: “That the increased sum of Rs. 706,000,000 for Head 119, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” — agreed to.
¶ 05 Head 119, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 06 Question put: “That the increased sum of Rs. 36,000,000 for Head 119, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” — agreed to.
¶ 07 Head 119, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 08 Question put: “That the decreased sum of Rs. 260,000,000 for Head 119, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” — agreed to.
¶ 09 Head 119, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
¶ 10 Question put: “That the decreased sum of Rs. 21,371,000,000 for Head 119, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule” — agreed to.
¶ 11 Head 119, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4531