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Tax revenue misses IMF target in 1st quarter!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-04)
According to the 2022 Annual Report from the Ministry of Finance, tax revenue for the first quarter of 2023 experienced a surge of 56%, amounting to LKR 578 billion. This was a increase from the LKR 370 billion collected ...
Budget allocations 2022: Urban Planning
(Manthri.lk, 2021-12-21)
This infographic depicts the total amount allocated to the Urban Planning sector in the 2022 budget, the extent to which this topic has been discussed in Parliament and the top 5 MPs who contributed to discussions i.e. ...
Parliamentary report card: M.U.M. Ali Sabry – August 2020 to February 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-05)
This report card shows the contribution of MP M.U.M. Ali Sabry (SLPP) in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (100/142), ...
Interim Budget or Secret Budget?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-03)
24 expenditure proposals and 5 regulatory proposals were tracked in this assessment. Expenditure proposals refer to those proposals that involve capital expenditure by the government distributed across ministries etc. ...
The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of Government Treasury Bonds
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07-16)
On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan government unveiled its Domestic Debt Restructuring plan. A key component of this plan is the restructuring of bond holdings associated with superannuation funds, which are funds set up for ...
Members of the Committee on Public Finance: 2nd Session
(Manthri.lk, 2022-02-14)
This infographic provides details on membership of COPF. It consists of 4 newly appointed MPs and 17 re-appointed MPs. There were 4 MPs who were not re-appointed.
No Confidence Motion Against Keheliya Rambukwella - Voting Breakdown
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-09)
On September 8, 2023, the No Confidence Motion brought against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated, by a margin of 40 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka Met 38 IMF Commitments and Failed 8 by end-August
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-15)
Sri Lanka verifiably met 38 of the 57 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-August in its 17th programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Parliament prorogation
(Manthri.lk, 2022-07-21)
This set of infographics explain what a prorogation is, what happens when parliament is prorogued, and past prorogations in parliament. Since 1947 parliament has been prorogued 52 times and since the second republican ...