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Budget 2021
Detailed analysis of the 2021 budget.
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Governement to borrow additional LKR 400 Bn for de...
The Cabinet of Ministers  cleared a request to increase the government’s credit limit by further Rs.400 billion to Rs.3.39 trillion for 2021, under Appropriation Act No. 7 of 2020, to meet the pandemic-related additional expenditu...
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Sri Lanka budget deficit 4.7-pct of GDP up to June...
Sri Lanka’s budget deficit for the six months to June 2021 was 781 billion rupees, up 6 percent from a year earlier, or 4.7 percent of projected gross domestic product, data shows, though outstanding debt was accelerating at a faster p...
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Insight on Budget 2021
Inconsistency in Budget Numbers Across D...
In November 2020, the Government presented the Budget Speech for 2021....
Missing Estimates in Budget Speeches
The budget for the year 2021 featured a number of missing estimates fo...
Budget 2021: Trade & Industry
The Budget 2021 Debate for the Ministry of Industries & Ministry of Trade is happening today...
Public Report on the 2021 Budget: Assess...
This report provides an assessment and an...
Ministries with Largest Change in Expend...
This infographic captures the change in a...
Breakdown of Government Revenue, 2000 to...
Here is a s...
New Tax Proposals: 2021 Budget
Summary of 2021 Budget
Here’s a summary of government expenditure, revenue and financing allocated in the 2021 Bud...
Total Government Revenue 2021
The chart below shows the breakdown of the budgeted government reven...
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