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Hon. Members

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

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The Committee agreed to an amendment under Head 289, Programme 02, increasing capital expenditure to Rs. 1,621,000,000 by incorporating Rs. 250,000,000 from Budget Proposal No. 43, while approving recurrent expenditure of Rs. 1,101,000,000. It also approved allocations for the Department of Animal Production and Health under Head 292 and the Department of Land Use Policy Planning under Head 327. Progress was reported at 6.17 p.m., and the Committee was scheduled to sit again on 14 March 2025.

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¶ 01 Aye.

¶ 02 Resolved:

¶ 03 "On page 19, line 5, delete and substitute the following:

¶ 04 Programme 02 Development Activities Rs. 1,101,000,000 Rs. 1,621,000,000"

¶ 05 [The Hon. K.D. Lal Kantha]

¶ 06 (The intention of this amendment is to increase the capital provision by Rs. 250,000,000 for Head 289 by incorporating allocations made under Budget Proposal No. 43.)

¶ 07 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 1,101,000,000, for Head 289, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 08 Head 289, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 09 Question, "That the increased sum of Rs. 1,621,000,000, for Head 289, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 10 Head 289, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 11 HEAD 292.- DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH

¶ 12 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 903,000,000

¶ 13 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 903,000,000, for Head 292, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 14 Head 292, Programme 01, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 15 Programme 01.- Operational Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 95,000,000

¶ 16 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 95,000,000, for Head 292, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 17 Head 292, Programme 01, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 18 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 622,000,000

¶ 19 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 622,000,000, for Head 292, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 20 Head 292, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 21 HEAD 327.- DEPARTMENT OF LAND USE POLICY PLANNING

¶ 22 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Recurrent Expenditure, Rs. 608,000,000

¶ 23 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 608,000,000, for Head 327, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 24 Head 327, Programme 02, Recurrent Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 25 Programme 02.- Development Activities - Capital Expenditure, Rs. 73,000,000

¶ 26 Question, "That the sum of Rs. 73,000,000, for Head 327, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, be inserted in the Schedule" put and agreed to.

¶ 27 Head 327, Programme 02, Capital Expenditure, ordered to stand part of the Schedule.

¶ 28 At 6.17 p.m., the Chairman left the Chair to report Progress.

¶ 29 Committee report Progress; to sit again on Friday, 14th March, 2025.

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