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Total SOE Losses in the first four months of 2022 Outweigh Annual Losses in 2021
During the first four months of 2022 the cumulative loss of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) amounted to LKR 860 BN. This figure outweighs the annual loss of SOEs in 2021.  The top 3 contributors to the increase of the...
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Economy Next
Energy Minister reveals the main reasons for CPC l...
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara in a Twitter message on August 5 said that there are multiple reasons for the CPC to operate under losses, with selling at subsidized rates, rupee depreciation, dues from government-owned institu...
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Daily Mirror
Govt. grants monthly allowance to State officials...
With 5,533 State-owned vehicles not in running condition, the government has granted a monthly allowance to 8,500 senior officials in State institutions for using their private vehicles for official purposes.
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Sunday Times
Government to prune welfare expenditure to tackle...
The government is to implement a stringent fiscal measure of pruning welfare expenditure for the needy population owing to rising cost of public sector pensions and salary payments while cutting down unnecessary spending of state institution...
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Insight on Expenditure
Large Scale Infrastructure Small Scale D...
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Defence Sector Claims Nearly Half of Sta...
According to the 2023 Budget Estimates, 1...
The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 C...
Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 1...
Total SOE Losses in the first four month...
During the first four months of 2022 the cumulative loss of State-Ow...
Government Expenditure from 2012-2021
Government Expenditure increased by 126% over the past decade. Expen...
How did the government finance its expen...
The infographics provides details on government expenditure and the...
Fuel Price Tracker : Methodology
FUEL PRICE TRACKER 
A Sri Lankan Household Spends 24% of Av...
Sri Lanka's fuel prices increased rapidly within the last few mo...
Fiscal Performance From January to Novem...
The following infographic compares Sri Lankas' fiscal performance from January to Novemb...
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Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who owns Sri La...
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 2022.            
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Sri Lanka Met 33 IMF Commitments and failed 8 by e...
Sri Lanka had verifiably met 33 of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of June 2023 but had failed eight, according to the ‘IMF Tracker', an online tool lau...
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Where's the promised land?
Land access has been identified as a crucial barrier which inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sri Lanka. Investment zones, primarily Export Processing Zones (EPZs), are significantly influential in attracting FDI however, Sri Lanka&...
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