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Total and primary deficits run in opposite directions
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-22)The governments primary deficit improved in the first half of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2022, while the budget deficit worsened increasing from LKR -903 Bn to LKR -1,243 Bn which implies a significant ... -
Total SOE Losses in the first four months of 2022 Outweigh Annual Losses in 2021
(Verité Research, 2022-08-09)During the first four months of 2022 the cumulative loss of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) amounted to LKR 860 BN. This figure outweighs the annual loss of SOEs in 2021. The top 3 contributors to the increase of the loss ... -
Tourism Could Not Have Solved Sri Lanka’s Foreign Exchange Crisis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09)A key debate during Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is whether the current dollar shortage is a short-term liquidity problem or a more protracted and systemic issue that requires debt reduction. This insight responds to the ... -
Trade in Services: Sri Lanka needs to pull up its socks
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-03-09)Two previous Verité Insights titled “Sri Lanka missing world’s biggest trade party and its in her backyard” & “Trade Agreements that don’t deliver the goods” published in May and June 2013 pointed out that Sri Lanka is ... -
Trade in Services: Unearthing the devil in the details
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-04-06)In 2016, Sri Lanka began its first round of negotiations on an Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ECTA) with India. This envisages liberalising trade in services. The lack of information on what was being ... -
Trademark Registration: From Colombo to Madrid
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-11-30)The Madrid Protocol is a global mechanism for registering trademarks outside one’s home country. It reduces the time, inconvenience and cost incurred by companies attempting to ensure international recognition and protection ... -
Trading with China: Challenges and Policy Issues faced by MSMEs
(Geneva: CUTS International, 2018-07)The note illustrates the views of, and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in exporting to China, with a focus on China’s trade policy and trade standards that may have hindered exports. -
The troubling lack of compliance by public authorities with RTI Act
(Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-28)This Op Ed (Opinion Edition) evaluates the compliance of 31 public authorities with online proactive disclosure requirements under the RTI Act. The 2017 methodology was applied to 29 cabinet ministries and the Offices of ... -
TV news broadcasts of Covid-19 travel restriction violations
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-09)In the month of June 2021, Derana, Hiru, ITN, Rupavahini, Swarnavahini and Sirasa broadcast Covid-19 travel restriction violations in various manners. -
Two sides of grief
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/11/2019)The entry contains a writeup of how the Sinhala and Tamil press covered the pain of the relatives whose loved ones had died during the war. It also contains images of the newspaper excerpts of the articles in each press. -
Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/14/2023)FALSE: According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Debt to GDP ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/23/2020)TRUE: In 2005, when we took over the country, Sri Lanka's debt burden was 103%... [we] reduced the debt burden to 72%. During the five years the UNP ruled the country, [they] once again increased it to 87%. - Udaya Gammanpila, ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Domestic Debt Restructuring
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2023)TRUE: The IMF has not imposed a condition saying to restructure domestic debt. ….. That being the case, who has intimidated us to the point of doing this? What has happened is that foreign bondholders – sovereign bondholders ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Fuel Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/4/2021)TRUE: Out of the total import expenditure, fuel is the foremost import item upon which more than 20% is spent. - Udaya Gammanpila, Dinamina, 1 October 2021 -
Udaya Gammanpila: Fuel price
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/10/2022)TRUE: The CPC incurs a loss of Rs. 19 from each 92-Octane Petrol litre…and a loss from a litre of diesel is Rs. 52…. The government levies Rs. 42 on a 92-Octane petrol litre…and Rs. 17 on a diesel litre. [The CPC’s loss ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Increase in electricity bill
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/22/2023)PARTLY TRUE: From the very short period between last year's August and this year's March…the [electricity] bill increase [was]…1,138% for the poor man [a consumer who uses 30 units] and 160% for the rich man [a person using ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Muslim population growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/28/2019)BLATANTLY FALSE: In comparison to the 5 to 9 age group, the Sinhala population in the 0 to 4 age group has increased by 0.5%. But the Muslim population has increased by 1.4%, or threefold… When considering the trends in ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: National anthem in Tamil
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/30/2020)FALSE: [According to Article 7 of the constitution] Sri Lanka's national anthem is "Sri Lanka Maatha"… if anything other than the words of "Sri Lanka Maatha" contained in the third schedule is considered to be the national ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Powers of Executive Presidency
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2019)FALSE: …there has been no major change from the Presidency before the 19th Amendment to the current office of the president. Only three powers of the presidency were removed by the 19th Amendment. - Udaya Gammanpila, ...