Govt. seeks Rs.70.5 mn to cover ministries' travel expenses

8 August 2017 03:47 pm

The government today presented a supplementary estimate to Parliament seeking approval for Rs.70.5 million to meet the travel expenses incurred by some ministries and departments in June.

The following five ministries were also among the government institutions which sought funds to cover travel expenses.

Foreign Affairs Ministry	Rs.28.8 million
City Planning Ministry	Rs.1.2 million
Sports Ministry	Rs.1.4 million
Power and Energy Ministry	Rs.1 million
National Co-existence and Languages Ministry	Rs.3.09 million
Sri Lanka Army	Rs.20 million
Navy	Rs.10 million

 

The government also sought the approval for the payment of

Rs.283.1 million	As royalties for dredging sea sand in the Port City Development Project
Rs.2.041million	For setting up a Digital Multimedia Crime Investigation Centre

 

Further approval was sought to spend

Rs.250.5 million

to set up a National Cyber Security Unit

(Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)