2025 Budget Passed by Majority of 114 Votes

2025 Budget Passed by Majority of 114 Votes

by Staff Writer 22-03-2025 | 7:31 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has officially assented to the Appropriation Bill for the financial year 2025, which was passed in Parliament, thereby enacting it as Appropriation Bill No. 3 of 2025.

The final vote, held during the third reading of the Appropriation Bill yesterday, saw 159 MPs voting in favour and 45 against, securing a majority of 114 votes.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as Minister of Finance, presented the second reading of the Appropriation Bill on February 17.