Breakdown of Government Expenditure by Category (Estimate)

	SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE BY CATEGORY AND OBJECT CODE - ESTIMATES
0	Source: Approved Budget Estimates, Ministry of Finance
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2	LKR Million
3	Expenditure Category	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
4		Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate	Estimate
5	Recurrent Expenditure	1547910	1867399	1947027	2164132	2412304	2806426	2694152	2942625	4634263	5298669
6	Personal Emoluments	353192	450791	457965	493885	540831	591582	634713	687898	701941	799234
7	Salaries and Wages	160497	165098	221525	271363	301664	335873	362727	423284	382126	378049
8	Overtime and Holiday Payments	13486	14865	15798	21955	31022	36884	39376	40105	43672	47914
9	Other Allowances	179209	270828	220642	200566	208144	218823	232608	224508	276144	373271
10	Travelling Expenses	14448	13406	13870	14604	15006	15385	17567	17506	24692	26566
11	Domestic	12261	12117	12328	12541	12813	14457	15923	16361	23215	24115
12	Foreign	2188	1289	1542	2063	2193	927	1643	1145	1476	2451
13	Supplies	106321	105398	98470	104973	112766	146469	126661	142463	244067	378219
14	Stationery and Office Requisites	2732	2714	2655	2698	2975	2963	3794	3533	7352	9355
15	Fuel	19777	15383	15496	16526	17991	16156	17771	19120	44495	55728
16	Diets and Uniforms	36224	34235	27377	31729	36387	31245	31448	39874	66498	118633
17	Medical Supplies	42223	47537	47573	47442	48059	88425	63774	68462	113262	183722
18	Other	5365	5529	5369	6577	7352	7678	9873	11472	12460	10781
19	Maintenance Expenditure	6972	6034	6230	6746	8414	8196	9789	9877	14429	16575
20	Vehicles	3480	3097	3179	3389	3825	3650	4535	4604	6590	7750
21	Plant and Machinery	2460	1948	2006	2211	3326	3200	3695	3828	5727	4446
22	Buildings and Structures	1032	989	1045	1146	1263	1345	1557	1444	2112	2860
23	Software Maintenance										1519
24	Services	48289	184619	51983	81318	77912	67179	63556	69595	90215	99189
25	Transport	4435	3886	4031	4596	6013	5442	5859	7039	8576	8972
26	Postal and Communication	2813	3018	3185	4005	4043	3757	4111	4090	5134	5467
27	Electricity & Water	13835	13640	11362	11075	11635	12278	13359	13169	18661	24235
28	Rents and Local Taxes	4817	4964	6146	7647	7743	6662	7563	8109	9445	9502
29	Interest Payment for Leasing Vehicles	2282	1822	1748	1692	572	235	158	189	151	120
30	Capital Carrying Cost of Government - Lands & Buildings	-	139230	-	-	-	-	-	-		653
31	Lease rental for Vehicle Procured Under Operational Leasing	-	-	427	3296	1068	768	799	833	492
32	Other	20107	18059	25084	49008	46838	38034	31703	36163	47757	40615
33	Transfers	479575	542204	576481	631190	716482	920845	834862	869275	1245211	1321840
34	Welfare Programmes	54477	102564	165884	182926	142915	186704	151416	139083	311489	374887
35	Retirements Benifits	140285	169045	183069	199899	235494	263618	251448	269752	375984	386206
36	Public Institutions (Personal Emoluments)	51084	55714	57263	64114	84498	89517	71156	74926	81676	82823
37	Development Subsidies	36036	39930	900	1369	52286	108847	46286	49666	74213	63954
38	Subscriptions and Contributions Fee	2292	1334	1453	1717	2527	2774	2474	1813	3410	3300
39	Property Loan Interest to Public Servants	2480	3206	2624	2772	2868	2712	2992	2821	2708	2522
40	Contribution to Provincial Councils	189667	166486	160605	174755	190700	263443	279000	288000	362650	373400
41	Other	3256		4682	3637	5195	3226	3933	18223	2964	3380
42	Public Institutions (Other Operational Expenditure)	-	-	-	-	-	-	26153	24988	30117	31370
43	Contribution to Contingencies Fund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	Interest Payments	425030	520452	680087	820000	900060	999726	977000	1115847	2189000	2650989
45	Domestic Debt	349030	441219	426586	480480	556759	591036	610807	741847	1325338	1691885
46	Foreign Debt	76000	79233	123291	166696	220060	273497	249192	259000	188662	299104
47	Discounts on Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds	-	-	130210	172823	123242	135193	117000	115000	675000	660000
48	Other Recurrent Expenditure	114082	44495	61942	11417	40833	57041	30002	30162	124709	6057
49	Losses and Write off	172	412	1320	54	636	103	50	34	55	77
50	Contingency Services	113910	44084	60549	11289	40130	56895	29892	30076	124588	5900
51	Implementation of the Official Languages Policy	-	-	73	73	68	41	58	52	66	80
52	Capital Expenditure	1017090	1182750	880896	833713	927696	923862	1095018	945474	1219796	1709775
53	Rehabilitation and Improvement of Capital Assets	34814	29402	28378	34620	39692	23078	31356	32486	62017	81999
54	Buildings and Structures	23095	18222	16291	21645	24508	11224	15323	14901	29034	42548
55	Plant, Machinery and Equipment	7407	6872	7594	8153	9109	7319	9577	11852	23487	28096
56	Vehicles	4312	4308	4493	4822	6074	4534	6454	5733	9496	11355
57	Acquisition of Capital Assets	324374	234063	169328	153554	172291	153985	153878	107580	163174	567397
58	Vehicles	960	1086	11817	9561	18937	24385	9497	9623	20523	9642
59	Furniture and Office Equipment	8099	6387	12426	11553	13314	7860	7136	5224	8021	12552
60	Plant, Machinery and Equipment	16855	12811	16923	21314	21491	12087	18202	23667	31793	41810
61	Buildings and Structures	212315	149884	85387	73179	81854	73190	60360	38798	63335	396239
62	Land and Land Improvements	82899	58149	31130	27394	28551	33226	55290	26637	21666	99668
63	Software Development	-	-	6370	5054	2610	927	2794	3033	17209	6996
64	Capital Payments for Leased Vehicles	3245	5745	5275	5499	5535	2306	596	594	629	490
65	Capital Transfers	64219	109764	103407	130396	169240	204323	195798	115066	178573	98100
66	Public Institutions	39466	71346	53732	63940	82417	164918	127775	70079	123563	21748
67	Development Assistance	5296	5226	31061	37489	54710	20927	30566	23407	32265	42130
68	Contribution to Provincial Councils	16814	31026	16026	24536	27000	12737	30500	18000	19900	30000
69	Transfers Abroad	2644	2167	1615	3443	1830	850	890	933	997	2755
70	Capital Grants to Non-Public Institution	-	-	973	988	3283	4889	6065	2646	1849	1467
71	Acquisition of Financial Assets	14877	10399	10770	16792	39245	76029	49427	67517	155243	572480
72	Equity Contribution	-	-	250	2655	24600	59386	35696	47400	82256	519107
73	On - Lending	14877	10399	10520	14136	14645	16643	13731	20117	72987	53373
74	Capacity Building	5005	4371	5715	8978	7699	3562	7321	4211	7168	6678
75	Staff Training	5005	4871	5715	8978	7699	3562	7321	4211	7168	6678
76	Other Capital Expenditure	573801	794252	563298	489373	499529	462882	657237	618612	653621	383122
77	Restructuring	133	1	3989	1996	738	582	3496	-		18
78	Investments	219846	196212	-	-	-	-	8000	-
79	Contingency Services	332090	579202	294492	172352	39983	28005	19994	29799	167461	81390
80	Contribution to Provincial Councils	21732	18837	14465	7566	10385	7339	13977	12274	28240	17919
81	Procurement Preparedness	-	-	89	216	355	62	76	45	47	29
82	Infrastructure Development	-	-	208245	250375	379581	393582	466955	385548	395489	146891
83	Research and Development	-	-	5123	9203	8323	6152	11475	8658	15658	15544
84	Other	-	-	36896	47666	60164	27156	133262	182286	46726	121332
85	Total Expenditure	2565000	3050149	2827923	2997845	3340000	3730288	3789170	3888099	5854059	7008444
86	Public Debt Amortisation	840000	648351	800187	1150000	1300000	987865	1257367	1531470	2025440	4268395
87	Public Debt Repayments	840000	648351	800187	1150000	1300000	987865	1257367	1531470	2025440	4268395
88	Domestic	635915	505408	622227	879285	635275	461865	755070	827470	1585470	994650
89	Foreign	204085	143442	177960	270715	664725	526000	502297	704000	439970	3273745
90	Total Expenditure	3405000	3699000	3628110	4147845	4640000	4718155	5046538	5419570	7879499	11276838

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Provides the estimated annual expenditure of the government with a categorical breakdown of recurrent expenditure, capital expenditure and public debt amortization in LKR millions. Source: Approved Budget Estimates, Ministry of Finance

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