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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: What drives the losses?
(Verité Research, 2021-09)Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is the state-owned enterprise in Sri Lanka with the largest accumulated losses – estimated at LKR 335 billion as of 2020. The analysis finds that the CPC sells fuel at prices higher ... -
Challenges Faced by Sri Lankan e-Commerce Providers
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2019-05)This Country Update Note illustrates the perceptions of e-commerce providers in Sri Lanka on the most pressing issues they face when undertaking cross-border trade. The objective is to understand specific barriers they ... -
Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumption
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-02-23)Electricity tariffs were initially revised in August 2022, which was the first revision since November 2014. However, in February 2023 tariffs were revised again. For households using less than 60 units, the initial tariffs ... -
Changes in Allocations to Ministries
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-10-13)In the Appropriation Bill for 2024, key ministries such as Finance, Defense, Health, Education, Transport, and Highways witness an increase in their allocations. The Ministry of Finance experienced the largest year on ... -
Changes in Tax Structure Leads to Shrinking Tax Base across Various Taxes
(Verité Research, 2022-08-06)Sri Lanka experienced a significant change in its tax system for the year 2020. These changes have led to a considerable shrinking in Sri Lanka’s tax base across various taxes. A narrow tax base increases tax administration ... -
Charting a Path for Debt Sustainability in Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-10)The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ... -
A child dies in Tissamaharama reportedly from malnutrition: How well did the press cover it?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/30/2019)The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported the death of a child in Tissamaharama reportedly due to malnutrition Sinhala press - 36 articles Tamil press - 03 articles -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 1 - Contract Agreement 2010
(2010-12-21)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 1 dated 2010.12.21 - RDA/RNIP/PRP1/PACKAGE - A (C1A, C2A, C3, C6A, C8). The project was executed by Ministry of ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Lot 02 Package C12 - Contract Agreement 2014
(2014-01-21)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Lot 02 Package C12 dated 2014.01.21 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1(LOT2)/PACKAGE/C12. The project was executed ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Lot 02 Package C13 - Contract Agreement 2014
(2014-01-21)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Lot 02 Package C13 dated 2014.01.21 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1(LOT2)/PACKAGE/C13. The project was executed ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 01 - Contract Agreement 2013
(2013-12-09)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 01 dated 2013.12.09 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1/PACKAGE-1. The project was executed by Ministry of ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 02 - Contract Agreement 2013
(2013-12-09)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 02 dated 2013.12.09 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1/PACKAGE-2. The project was executed by Ministry of ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 03 - Contract Agreement 2013
(2013-12-09)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 03 dated 2013.12.09 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1/PACKAGE-3. The project was executed by Ministry of ... -
China Development Bank : Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 04 - Contract Agreement 2013
(2013-12-09)Included here are contract documents related to the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Priority Road Project 3 Phase 01 Package 04 dated 2013.12.09 - RDA/RNIP/PRP3/PHASE1/PACKAGE-4. The project was executed by Ministry of ... -
China Development Bank : Moragahakanda Reservoir Headworks Project - Contract Agreement 2012
(Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, 2012-06-08)Included here is the contract document related to the Moragahakanda Reservoir Headworks Project dated 2012.06.08 - MIWRM/AGR/CONS/2012/33. The project was executed by the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management. ... -
China Endorses Sri Lanka Debt Plan
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-09)China has given its approval to Sri Lanka's plan to restructure its international debt, clearing the path for a loan via the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF). -
Cigarette Tax Indexation in Budget 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07-17)The presentation discusses the cigarette tax indexation that was implemented by Sri Lanka’s Budget for 2019 (released in March). This indexation solved 2 problems of cigarette tax revisions in Sri Lanka—they were both too ... -
Cigarette Tax Indexation, Getting It Right and Getting It Wrong
(2019-08)The article tackles the cigarette tax indexation policy introduced with Sri Lanka’s 2019 Budget: where annual increases to the cigarette excise tax (a tax exclusive to cigarettes) will be based on inflation and income ... -
Cigarette Taxation Formula - The Cost of Forgetting
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-05)In 2019 the government took a step in the right direction by introducing an indexation policy where taxes on cigarettes was proposed to be adjusted in line with GDP and inflation. Previous insights show that the foregone ... -
Cigarette Taxation: 20 Billion Extra Revenue in 2020, if Indexation Is Implemented=දර්ශකයකට අනුව දුම්වැටි බදු අය කරන්නට කටයුතු කලොත්, 2020දී, රජයට රුපියල් බිලියන 20ක අමතර ආදායමක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-06-01)The government could raise an extra Rs. 20 Billion from cigarette taxation in 2020 from the proper implementation of the indexation policy articulated in the 2019 Budget and rational calibration of taxes for all cigarette ...