This is the second report in a series of two reports on Sri Lanka’s central government budget for the year 2021. The report assesses whether the expenditure allocations and taxation policies are in line with the government’s policy.

A foreign currency swap is an agreement to exchange currency between two parties. A bilateral currency swap is when two central banks from different countries exchange two different currencies with each other.

92 Octane petrol The Interactive chart below compares the cost (includes the Landed cost of Singapore Platts Petrol, Processing cost and Administrative...