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Eran Wickramaratne: Excise taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/12/2024)
PARTLY TRUE: The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at ...
Eran Wickramaratne - Passport Ranking
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-22)
PARTLY TRUE: [The] Sri Lankan passport [is] …97th among global passports…What does it mean? It means that…you have access to 40 countries without a visa. Sri Lanka has very little access to other countries to get a visa ...
Ashok Abeysinghe: Foreign Departures
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-14)
PARTLY TRUE: 500 individuals from our country go abroad on a daily basis. In the recent past, between 180,000 and 200,000 individuals per month have gone abroad. The reason why they go abroad is because it’s difficult to ...
Eran Wickramaratne - Ministry of Defence Expenditure
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-01-26)
TRUE: When considering the Ministry of Defence, we spent 7% of the total budget for 2022 on it [Ministry of Defence] ... 60% of that goes to pay wages…Sri Lanka is one out of ten countries that has the greatest number of ...
J.C Alawathuwala: Food expenses
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-01-18)
PARTLY TRUE: In 2019, the expenditure on the food of an individual living in Colombo or elsewhere in Sri Lanka was between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 6,500. By 2023, this has increased to between Rs.16,000 to Rs.17,000. That is, ...
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Pensions and Aswesuma
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-08)
TRUE: [A group of] 4 million are watching the government expectantly. 2 million out of that are government employees and pensioners who are expecting an increase in salaries and the other 2 million are those who have been ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Debt-to-GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-01)
PARTLY TRUE: My government reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 90% at the end of 2005 to 69% at the end of 2014.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, NewsFirst.lk, 8 December 2023
Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Election Date
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-15)
TRUE: According to the constitution of our country, [the] presidential election must be held for certain between 18th September and 18th October 2024.
Udaya Gammanpila, Udaya Gammanpila’s YouTube Channel, 8 January 2024
Dr. P.K.G Harishchandra: Reserves
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-29)
PARTLY TRUE: “[…] We've been able to build up reserves to 4.4 billion by the end of last year.”
Assistant Governor Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) P. K. G. Harischandra, CBSL Monetary Policy Review No. 01 of 2024, 23 ...
Wimal Weerawansa: Income and Wealth Inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-07)
PARTLY TRUE: The wealthiest 1% in Sri Lanka enjoy 31% of the national income. Similarly, the 10% at the highest stratum of society, inclusive of that 1%, enjoy 64% of the national income […]. After that, the 50% at the ...