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    • How Committed was the Sri Lankan Government to Implementing its Crisis-Response Policies 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-17)
      This set of infographics depict the government's response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. 15 cabinet decisions and parliamentary proposals were tracked that focused on health, agriculture and fuel. Of the total, ...

    • The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 Consumption in 2023 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-14)
      Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 11.6 trillion as projected nominal GDP for 2023 estimated at LKR 30.3 trillion. However, while the real GDP in 2023 remains ...

    • International Women's Day 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-08)
      In Sri Lanka women are half as likely to enter the labour market, and twice as likely to be unemployed than men. 82% of the unemployment for women comes from between the ages of 20 and 40. This is almost seven times the ...

    • Government Revenue Loss due to the Sugar Tax Cut 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-03-07)
      The Special Commodity Levy (SCL) on imported sugar was reduced from LKR 50/kg to LKR 0.25/kg on the 13th of October 2020. This was intended to reduce the price of sugar in the domestic market. The cumulative loss of ...

    • Change in Tariffs on Monthly Electricity Consumption 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (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 vs. IMF Programme Targets 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-01-13)
      Sri Lanka is currently entering its 17th IMF programme with the impending board level agreement. However, over the 54-year period from 1965 to 2019, Sri Lanka has been in an IMF programme for 28 of those years. In other ...

    • Will the Increase in Cigarette Taxes Meet Budgeted Revenue? 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-01-05)
      On January 1st, 2023, the government decided to raise the excise taxes on cigarettes by 20%. The increase affected various sizes of cigarettes differently, with the smallest size (no larger than 60mm) seeing a tax increase ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Transport and Highways and Urban Development and Housing 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-04)
      On November 29, 2023, during the 7th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Transport and Highways, and the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing were passed. This ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Environment 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-29)
      On November 27, 2023, during the 5th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Environment were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Keheliya ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-30)
      On November 28, 2023, during the 6th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government were passed. This ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Power and Energy 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-26)
      On November 24, 2023, during the 3rd day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Power and Energy were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate and Voting Breakdown - Defence and Public Security 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-24)
      On November 23, 2023, during the 2nd day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministries of Defence and Public Security were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from ...

    • Budget 2024 - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-22)
      On November 21, 2023, the second reading of the Budget 2024 (Appropriation Bill) was passed with a majority of 45 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and ...

    • Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo 

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      FactCheck       (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. ...

    • Petition Dismissed - Diana Keeps Her Parliament Seat 

      Unknown author (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-08)
      On October 31, 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed the petition that sought the disqualification of SJB MP Diana Gamage from holding a parliament seat due to her alleged citizenship. The infographic further delves into the ...

    • Contribution in Parliament - August 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-06)
      This infographic shows the overall contribution of MPs in 9th parliament in August 2023. As per the analysis, 171 MPs contributed to parliament proceedings at least once whereas 54 MPs did not contribute at all during ...

    • The troubling lack of compliance by public authorities with RTI Act 

      Talayaratne, Shannon; Weerasooriya, Nishana (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 ...

    • Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities 

      Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public authority;1
      Legal Team       (Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-04)
      Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ...

    • COPF Appoints New Chairperson 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-06-08)
      On June 7, 2023, the parliament appointed SJB MP Harsha de Silva as the chairperson of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF). VR's Manthri Team analysed his performance in the parliament. The report card shows the ...

    • Unreachable Public Representatives 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-17)
      Manthri.lk sent out three email campaigns from 27 October to 7 November 2023 with read tracking, to check how many MPs open their emails. 176/225 emails bounced which indicates that either their inboxes were full, or their ...