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Mr. Chairman

12 March 2025 ·Debate: Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation

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The Chair put to the Committee the expenditure votes for the Department of Agrarian Development and the Department of Irrigation. The Committee agreed to the specified recurrent and capital allocations under Head 281 and the operational allocations under Head 282, and ordered those items to stand part of the Schedule; the next item introduced was Head 282, Programme 02, for development activities with recurrent expenditure of Rs. 3,677 million and capital expenditure of Rs. 17,275 million.

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¶ 01 HEAD 281.- DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT

¶ 02 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 854,000,000

¶ 03 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 854,000,000, for Head 281, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 04 Head 281, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 05 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 73,000,000

¶ 06 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 73,000,000, for Head 281, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 07 Head 281, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 08 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 10,421,000,000

¶ 09 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 10,421,000,000, for Head 281, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 10 Head 281, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 11 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 4,183,000,000

¶ 12 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 4,183,000,000, for Head 281, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 13 Head 281, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 14 HEAD 282.- DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION

¶ 15 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 956,000,000

¶ 16 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 956,000,000, for Head 282, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 17 Head 282, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 18 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 118,000,000

¶ 19 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 118,000,000, for Head 282, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 20 Head 282, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 21 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 3,677,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 17,275,000,000

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