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The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis - 20 pcs Bananas (Sour Plantains) -1kg Milk Rice – 10 pcs Aluwa – 15 pcs Butter Cake – 1kg Kavum – 20 pcs Dodol – 1kg Mun Kavum- 15 pcs
Featured Insight
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis - 20 pcs Bananas (Sour Plantains) -1kg Milk Rice – 10 pcs Aluwa – 15 pcs Butter Cake – 1kg Kavum – 20 pcs Dodol – 1kg Mun Kavum- 15 pcs
Featured Insight
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis - 20 pcs Bananas (Sour Plantains) -1kg Milk Rice – 10 pcs Aluwa – 15 pcs Butter Cake – 1kg Kavum – 20 pcs Dodol – 1kg Mun Kavum- 15 pcs
Featured Insight
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2023
This Avurudu, the cost of preparing a Kevili table has risen by 2.4 times since 2019. The basket of items one would usually find at Kevili table vary between households. Public Finance.lk used the following: Kokis - 20 pcs Bananas (Sour Plantains) -1kg Milk Rice – 10 pcs Aluwa – 15 pcs Butter Cake – 1kg Kavum – 20 pcs Dodol – 1kg Mun Kavum- 15 pcs
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Government introduces new expenditure and relief through supplementary budget
On 05 December 2024, the government presented supplementary estimates totalling LKR 219.4 billion for the year, which was not included in the original 2024 budget. Supplementary allocations are typically introduced to address unforeseen emer...
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Rising import demand widens trade deficit to US$ 6...
Sri Lanka’s trade deficit rose to US$ 634 million in September 2024 as imports surged 22%, outpacing a 4.1% export growth, largely due to increased consumer and investment goods demand. ...
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Daily FT
Downturn for manufacturing in April, service secto...
In April 2024, the country’s manufacturing sector, as per the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), failed to sustain the strong upturn recorded in the first quarter, recording an index value of 42.0 which indicates a contra...
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Daily Mirror
Local Government Polls will cost Rs. 10 billion: E...
The conduct of elections to the local authorities will cost at least Rs.10 billion, an official said. https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/LG-Polls-will-cost-Rs-10-bil...
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Government introduces new expenditure an...
On 05 December 2024, the government prese...
How is the election budget spent?
The General Election is approaching, and the government expects to spe...
The price of parliament- What does it lo...
In 2022, the most recent year with detail...
Poor transparency in large scale infrast...
Section 9 of the RTI Act No. 12 of 2016 m...
Economic Transformation Act's 2.3% Prima...
The Economic Transformation Act (ETA), en...
2023 Budget’s expenditure limit overshot...
The Ministry of Finance Annual Report, re...
2023 government expenditure surge matche...
Government spending increased by 20% in 2...
How did the government finance its expen...
The 2023 fiscal numbers, recently release...
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Composition of Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves
The reported gross official reserves as of February 2022 stood at USD 2,311 MN, out of which 98% (USD 2,242 MN) consisted of short-term swaps maturing within 12 months. Whilst the quantity of reserves is important it is eq...
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Fiscal Targets: Budget 2024
Projections in the budget expect revenue to be 13.1% of GDP in 2024.
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Vote on Account 2025: Which ministries got the hig...
On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account (VOA) without a vote, allocating funds for government spending in the first four months of the year. T...
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