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How is the election budget spent?

The General Election is approaching, and the government expects to spend LKR 11 billion. This includes LKR 5 billion from the consolidated fund for 2024, with the remaining LKR 6 billion to be charged in next year's budget. This represents a 93% increase compared to...

The price of parliament- What does it look like?

In 2022, the most recent year with detailed data, Sri Lanka spent LKR 3,248 million on operating its parliament—an average of LKR 32.2 million per sitting. This expenditure, divided across three key categories, covered everything from...

Sri Lanka: Backwards in Blacklisting

Sri Lanka the only South Asian nation to not blacklist corrupt contractors: Verité Research

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

For information about the 15 proposals tracked, responsible agencies and other findings, visit : Assessment of Sri Lanka Government's Commitment to Crisis Response Policies 2022 ...

Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company’

This article was compiled by Professor Udara Peiris. Udara Peiris joined Oberlin in the fall of 2022. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Fi...

Budget Promises : Beyond Parliament 2021 Mid-Year Assessments

Budget Promises : Beyond Parliament is a dashboard under the public finance platfor...

Committee on Public Finance : Roles and Functions

The Committee on Public Finance(COPF) is one of three parliamentary legislative committees that evaluates external audit reports and other public finance information. This infographic gives a summarized oversight of COPF, its roles and respo...

How does the supplementary estimate of LKR 200bn on control of the covid epidemic change the budgeted figures for 2021 ?

The supplementary estimate of Rs. 200 billion submitted by the government for the control of the Covid epidemic and other urgent needs was passed in Parliament on 23rd June 2021. This will lead to an increase in the budgeted expenditure and...

Ministers and State Ministers – Cost of Offices Are Similar

Did you know that the cost of maintaining an office for a cabinet and state minister are similar? In 2021, the Government of Sri Lanka allocated LKR 2,590 million to maintain the offices of 30 Cabinet and 40 State Ministers.

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