<h1>Expenditure cap limits April spending to a fixed share of the annual budget with specified operational exemptions.</h1> The Finance Department limited April disbursements to five percent of each budget head's annual allocation to align expenditure with projected resources and improve cash management, requiring mapping of outlays to receipts. Payments for salaries and allowances and certain operational costs, including outsourced staff salaries, security and sanitation, utilities, communications and vehicle maintenance, are exempted from the cap.