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

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Parliament agreed to amend Head 282, Programme 02, increasing the capital allocation to Rs. 19,275,000,000 by adding Rs. 2,000,000,000 under Budget Proposal No. 13, while approving recurrent expenditure of Rs. 3,677,000,000. It then approved the Department of Agriculture’s Head 285, Programme 01 allocations of Rs. 722,000,000 for recurrent expenditure and Rs. 100,000,000 for capital expenditure. Programme 02 of Head 285 was then introduced with allocations of Rs. 6,406,000,000 in recurrent expenditure and Rs. 3,761,000,000 in capital expenditure.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved:

¶ 03 "On page 18, line 17, delete and substitute the following:

¶ 04 Programme 02 Development Activities Rs. 3,677,000,000 Rs. 19,275,000,000"

¶ 05 [The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha]

¶ 06 (The intention of this amendment is to increase the capital provision by Rs. 2,000,000,000 for Head 282 by incorporating allocations made under Budget Proposal No. 13.)

¶ 07 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 3,677,000,000, for Head 282, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 282, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 19,275,000,000, for Head 282, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 10 Head 282, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 11 HEAD 285.- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

¶ 12 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 722,000,000

¶ 13 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 722,000,000, for Head 285, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 14 Head 285, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 15 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 100,000,000

¶ 16 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 100,000,000, for Head 285, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 17 Head 285, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 18 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 6,406,000,000; Capital Expenditure, Rs. 3,761,000,000

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