Govt presents supplementary estimate to Parliament

Government yesterday presented to Parliament a supplementary estimate to spend Rs 695 billion for various purposes. The estimate presented to the House to spend Rs 67 billion to continue payment of the monthly allowance of Rs. 5000 to government servants from January 2022, a sum of Rs. 40 billion to continue the payment of Rs. 5000 to pensioners and a sum of 15 billion to pay Rs. 1000 to Samurdhi recipients.

Daily Mirror

2022-06-08

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