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Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance an Election
(2022-06)
The infographic depicts the cost of an election in comparison to selected spending decisions undertaken by the government in 2022.
In 2022 the government allocated LKR 19 billion for domestically funded defence projects ...
Supplementary Estimate 2022: What it Entails and Its Impact on the Budget Balance
(2022-06)
Supplementary Estimates are made when the government needs to spend money for which it has not received parliamentary approval. Such provisions are intended to be utilized for urgent and unforeseen expenditure. On 8th June ...
The Government Spent Only 10.6% of The Itukama COVID-19 Fund Balance
(2022-01-10)
On the 23rd of March 2020, President Gotabaya Rajapaksha initiated the “Itukama” COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund. The fund’s purpose was to “strengthen the mitigation activities aimed at controlling the spread ...
Expenditure on the Education Sector : Regional Comparison
(2022-01-24)
The UN has dedicated the 24th of January as the International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Sri Lankas’ Education Expenditure has been lagging behind regional peers. ...
Budget Promises: Beyond Parliament - 2020 End Year Assessment
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-10)
Due to the absence of a budget speech in 2020, the public finance platform tracked 24 cabinet decisions—a combination of expenditure and regulatory policy decisions—made from January to June 2020. The decisions tracked ...