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Kanchana Wijesekera: Electricity Generation Cost
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/27/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: If we are in a situation where there is no rainfall, provided that we are able to obtain all the coal we need by April, we would be able to provide electricity all 24 hours of the day, without interruptions…That ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Inflation
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/7/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: Inflation, which had skyrocketed to 70 percent, has now decreased to 25.2 percent, lightening the burden of daily life for all of us.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka, 1 June 2023
Eran Wickramaratne - Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/12/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: If we look at remittances, the highest amount of remittances have been received in 2016, 2017, 2018. Thereafter, some arrived in 2020 and after that, it has declined steadily. Remittances peaked at around USD ...
Ranjit Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal Position
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/2/2023)
FALSE: In 2022, the government’s revenue and expenditure difference were as high as 256% or Rs. 3,058 billion. [In 2023] The government expect the revenue to be Rs. 3.45 trillion, while the expenditure will go up to Rs. ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Increase in debt during yahapaalanaya
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/7/2023)
FALSE: When Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015, our debt was LKR 8.5 trillion […] In 2020, the country’s debt […] stood at LKR 15 trillion […] Approximately, Ranil’s five years put the country more in debt by LKR ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Direct and Indirect Taxes
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/17/2023)
TRUE: In other countries, most of the taxes are collected from a higher income bracket. In 2021, in India – 50% direct tax…Bangladesh – direct tax 32%...Nepal – direct 31%....69%. Indonesia – direct tax 40%...Vietnam – ...
Wimalaweera Dissanayake: Health sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/7/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: Even in the midst of all the shortcomings, it’s Sri Lanka that has the best health service in South Asia.
Wimalaweera Dissanayake, The Life Traveler, 19 July 2023
Kabir Hashim: Poverty line
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/29/2023)
TRUE: “…by 2019…the poverty line[sic] of this country was 11%…it has grown to 25% by 2023. I believe it is more than that. But the World Bank has calculated that it is only 25%, which means that out of 22 million in this ...
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 ...
Kanchana Wijesekera: Fuel Price Formula
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/21/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: Fuel Cost Breakdown - Data for the formula from actual cost incurred during the immediate past 28 days period from 28th February - 28th March 2023….Price difference (between the formula base price per litre ...