The Appropriation Bill for the 2025 financial year was presented to Parliament today (09), outlining the government’s proposed expenditure for the year from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

The total estimated government expenditure for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025, has been set at Rs. 4,616 billion.

Details of the total expenditure by ministry are as follows:

Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
Recurring expenditure - Rs. 8.3 billion
Capital expenditure - Rs. 5.4 billion

Ministry of Finance and Planning and Economic Development
Recurring - Rs. 484 billion
Capital - Rs. 229 billion

Ministry of Defence
Recurring - Rs. 382 billion
Capital - Rs. 60 billion

Ministry of Justice and National Integration
Recurring - Rs. 38 billion
Capital - Rs. 16 billion

Ministry of Health and Mass Media
Recurring - Rs. 412 billion
Capital - Rs. 95 billion

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism
Recurring - Rs. 19.4 billion
Capital - Rs. 2 billion

Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development
Recurring - Rs. 2.6 billion
Capital - Rs. 397 million

Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation
Recurring - Rs. 52.4 billion
Capital - Rs. 421 billion

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation
Recurring - Rs. 83 billion
Capital - Rs. 124 billion

Ministry of Energy
Recurring - Rs. 1 billion
Capital - Rs. 20 billion

Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing
Recurring - Rs. 3 billion
Capital - Rs. 98 billion

Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
Recurring - Rs. 24 billion
Capital - Rs. 05 billion

Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
Recurring - Rs. 206 billion
Capital - Rs. 65 billion

Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Recurring - Rs. 463 billion
Capital - Rs. 33 billion

Ministry of Plantations and Community Infrastructure
Recurring - Rs. 5.4 billion
Capital - Rs. 11 billion

Ministry of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development
Recurring - Rs. 04 billion
Capital - Rs. 08 billion

Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Recurring - Rs. 6.2 billion
Capital - Rs. 5.2 billion

Ministry of Environment
Recurring - Rs.  12 billion
Capital - Rs.  3.5 billion

Ministry of Women and Child Affairs
Recurring - Rs.  14 billion
Capital - Rs. 392 million

Ministry of Digital
Recurring - Rs. 6.7 billion
Capital - Rs. 6.8 billion

Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
Recurring - Rs. 159 billion
Capital - Rs. 16 billion

Ministry of Labour
Recurring - Rs. 4.3 billion
Capital - Rs. 1.7 billion

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Recurring - Rs. 7.1 billion
Capital - Rs. 5 billion

Ministry of Science and Technology
Recurring - Rs. 2.8 billion
Capital - Rs. 2.2 billion

Meanwhile, the following expenses have been allocated under the Special Spending Unit.

President
Operational Activities
Recurring - Rs. 2.5 billion
Capital - Rs. 354 million

Development Activities
Recurring - Rs. 20 million
Capital - Rs. 100 million

Office of the Prime Minister
Operational Activities
Recurring - Rs. 01 billion
Capital - Rs. 71 billion

Judges of the Superior Courts
Operational Activities
Recurring - Rs. 451 million
Capital - Rs. 30 million

Office of the Cabinet Ministers
Operational Activities
Recurring - Rs. 205 million
Capital - Rs. 25 million

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