The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources
Moved approval of a Government determination under Section 8 of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025, to amend limits for the Sri Lanka Railways “Railway Stores – Deposit Account” under Head 30602. The change reduces the minimum limit of receipts from Rs. 3 billion to Rs. 2 billion, with other limits marked not applicable, valid until 31 December 2025 and with Cabinet approval.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move:
¶ 02 “That this Parliament resolves that, in terms of Section 8 of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025, and with Government approval, the Determination bearing No. 42 made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies be approved; namely, to amend specified limits under Head 30602 ‘Railway Stores – Deposit Account – Sri Lanka Railways’ as follows:
¶ 03 - Column II (Maximum Limit of Expenditure): Not applicable - Column III (Minimum Limit of Receipts): from Rs. 3,000,000,000 to Rs. 2,000,000,000 - Column IV (Maximum Limit of Debit Balance): Not applicable - Column V (Maximum Limit of Liabilities): Not applicable
¶ 04 (This determination is valid up to 31.12.2025.)
¶ 05 Signed: Anura Kumara Dissanayake 06.04.2026, Colombo 01.
¶ 06 (Cabinet approval has been granted.)”
¶ 07 Question put, and agreed to.
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