Annual Budget for 2019 on March 5

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The Cabinet decided yesterday to present the annual budget for 2019 on March 5, it is learnt.

Ahead of it, the government will present the Appropriation Bill outlining financial allocations to each ministry to Parliament on January 7.

According to the government sources, there will be more allocations for public spending this year. (Kelum Bandara)

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Gamarala Thursday, 03 January 2019 08:48 AM

Please allocate sufficient amount of funds for Educational and Health sectors, which would definitely be an investment in the longer term.

Chux Thursday, 03 January 2019 09:52 AM

Pls make sure innocent people get some benefits than always thinking of treasury and benefits only to politicians

Patriot Thursday, 03 January 2019 10:59 AM

VAT and NBT threshold should be increased to minimum LKR48M for imports, retail and wholesale trades.

L Friday, 04 January 2019 02:29 PM

Remove the tax on foreign income. We need more USD coming in.

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