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Insights and analysis of government expenditure.
Defence Sector Claims Nearly Half of State Salaries
According to the 2023 Budget Estimates, 15% of total recurrent expenditure of the government will be spent on salaries for government employees for the year 2023.  
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The Morning
SL pays Rs. 1,559.7 b in interest payments
Sri Lanka's interest payments on foreign and domestic debt reached Rs. 1,559.7 billion in the first eight months of 2024, a 2.2% increase from Rs. 1,525.7 billion in the same period of 2023. ...
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Ceylon Today
Food inflation exceeds 30%
Food inflation in Colombo passed the 30 per cent mark for the first time after 13 years and seven months accelerating for the sixth consecutive month to 30.2 per cent last month, as per Census and Statistics Department (CSD) data released ye...
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EconomyNext
Sri Lanka money printing, deficits could lead to e...
  Further money printing to finance deficits could lead to monetary instability while trade and private credit could eventually shrink, an International Monetary Fund assessment has warned, as the country reels from ta...
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Insight on Expenditure
Allocation of Government Expenditure fro...
The Vote on Account from September to December was passed on the 28th of August 2020....
Background on Vote on Account
Today, 28 August 2020, is the last day of the debate in the Parliament...
The Money Spent on Parliament: Where doe...
In 2017, LKR 2,841 Million was spent on P...
The Fiscal Impact of Manifesto Promises
Political par...
Government expenditure on elections (201...
The Election Commissioner recently stated that the cost of the 2020 Ge...
Allocation of Government expenditure fro...
On 31st May 2020, the government issued a circular allocating funds for the perio...
Allocation of Government Expenditure fro...
On 10th March 2020, the government issued a circular a...
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 relief compared to...
In March, the Government of Sri Lanka ann...
Open Budget Survey 2019
Government budget decisions – what...
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Uncovering Sri Lanka's Debt Trail: Who owns Sri La...
The chart below depicts the ownership of Sri Lanka's external debt as at end of Sept 2022.            
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Purification Corrupted
Find out how a much-needed water purification project in Sri Lanka became riddled with corruption and abuse of power due to the lack of a national procurement law.For more...
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Sri Lanka’s government education spending is the l...
In 2022, Sri Lanka’s government—both provincial and central—dedicated only 1.5 percent of its GDP to education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This places Sri Lanka at the bottom of the list for educatio...
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