INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Second Reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill for the remainder of the fiscal year 2022 was passed in Parliament with amendments
today (Sep 02) by a majority of 115 votes.Announcing the results of the division which followed the conclusion of the debate on the Second
Reading of the Interim Budget 2022, the Speaker said that 120 lawmakers had voted in favour while 05 voted against.Meanwhile, 43 MPs
abstained from voting.The vote on the Second Reading was sought by NPP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake.UPDATE: Following the conclusion of the
vote on the Second Reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill to amend the Appropriation Act No
30 of 2021, the Third Reading was passed with amendments and without a vote in the parliament.
The Appropriation Bill presented by the
former Minister Basil Rajapaksa, who was the Minister of Finance at the time, was previously passed in parliament following a debate held on
the Bill for the purpose of providing necessary service expenses and arrangements for the fiscal year 2022.Thereby, the Appropriation Bill
was endorsed and certified as an Act on December 10, 2021, and was herein called the Appropriation Act No
30 of 2021.After Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed the office of the President, the parliament was prorogued on July 28, 2022, and the third
session of the Ninth Parliament was declared open on August 03, 2022
this Appropriation Bill for the remainder of the 2022 fiscal year as a new government is presented to parliament as an amendment to the
previously presented Appropriation Bill.Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, presented the Appropriation
(Amendment) Bill to amend the Appropriation Act No
30 of 2021 to the Parliament for the first reading on August 09, 2022.On August 30, 2022, President Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the
Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies, delivered the interim budget speech or the second reading of the
Economic Policy, we would be able to become a fully developed country by the year 2048, when we celebrate the 100th anniversary of
with SriLankan partners for industrial investments with advanced technologies to ensure better utilization of mineral resources and
required laws to establish a system such as Inspector General (IG) in the USA, tasked with making sure government expenditure system is
2,500 to pregnant women in addition to Rs
688 million (excluding interest) obtained from state banks as of May 31, 2022 by paddy farmers with 2 hectares or less who are in repayment
and distribution of food, as well the provision of food to those who do not have the capacity, to ensure food security and implement the
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