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Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2023
No full textThis post contains 5 infographics available in English, Sinhala and Tamil and is available on the Public Finance Platform.The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 18th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November.
The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 26% increase in expenditure planned for 2023, while a 68% revenue increase (i.e., 3 ppt increase in revenue) is required to meet the primary deficit target of 0.7% for 2023.
Interest payments remain more than one-third of total spending in 2023, reflecting an increase of 55% from 2022
Budget 2023: Expenditure under the President and Prime Minister
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis set of infographics provides how the budget was spent under President, Ranil Wickremesinghe and PM, Dinesh Gunawardena. More than half of the expenditure in the budget 2023 is under the President (31.1%) and PM (25.2%). Only 43.7% was spent under other ministries
හිටපු පා.ම. දුමින්ද සිල්වාට ලැබුණු ජනපති සමාව අත්හිටුවමින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් අතුරු තහනම් නියෝගයක්! : රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල තුළ මේ පිළිබඳ වාර්තා වී තිබූ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, the Supreme Court gave an order annulling the presidential pardon given to Duminda Silva. Whilst, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, Siyatha, Derana, Rupavahini and ITN featured the news in the headlines of the primetime news telecasts, Hiru did not feature it in their headlines, which is the channel owned by Duminda Silva's brother
A Sri Lankan Household Spends 24% of Average Monthly Expenditure for One Full Tank of Petrol
No full textThis entry contains 01 infographic available in English. This is also available on the Public Finance Platform.Sri Lanka's fuel prices increased rapidly within the last few months, even though the Government representatives stated that Sri Lanka still had the lowest fuel prices in the region. However, with the latest fuel prices purchasing a full tank (45 Liters) of Petrol (Octane 92) amounts to almost 1/4th of average monthly household expenditure in Sri Lanka as measured by the Household Income & Expenditure survey (2019). This is the highest among the neighboring countries for which data was available
Parliamentary report card: Mahinda Amaraweera – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Mahinda Amaraweera (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (322/414; 125/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 286; 9th - 99) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Natural Resources and Environment, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Health and Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries
Budget allocations 2023: Foreign Affairs
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the Foreign Affairs in the Budget 2023 and the extent to which this topic has been discussed in the Parliament. Allocations (0.51%) for Foreign Affairs for 2023 budget have been ranked 8th out of 10 key sectors. Tharaka Balasuriya, Harsha de Silva and Dinesh Gunawardena were the MPs who contributed the most to this discussion
සිදුවූ බවට පැවසෙන වංචා දූෂණ වලට අදාළ ලිපිගොනු, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ විසින් හෙළිදරව් කිරීම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, JVP held a press conference revealing corrupt deals, fraud and mismanagement of the government. Though a news of national significance, only Lankadeepa, Divaina and Ada gave it the due prominence by reporting the press conference as the lead news on front page. Mawbima and Aruna reported on it on the front page, though not as the lead news. Dinamina did not feature the news
Performance rankings of cabinet ministers: 9th parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic shows performance rankings of cabinet ministers in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to January 2022
Parliamentary report card: Shantha Bandara – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Shantha Bandara (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to February 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (62/93; 141/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 24; 9th -186) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Trade and Industry and Health
Parliamentary report card: Premalal Jayasekara – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Premalal Jayasekara (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to February 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (86/414; 80/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 10; 9th -27) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Natural Resources and Environment and Trade and Industry