President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday outlined a wide-ranging disaster recovery and livelihood restoration programme in Parliament, announcing the largest supplementary estimate in recent history as the government moves to rebuild communities affected by recent floods and landslides. Presenting a Rs. 500 billion supplementary estimate, the President said the funds would be deployed without increasing the national debt ceiling and with safeguards to manage inflation and exchange-rate pressures. He said total allocations for recovery and livelihood support now exceed Rs. 700 billion. Here are 11 key announcements by the President. 1. Rs. 500 billion supplementary estimate The government presented a…
11 key announcements by President AKD in Parliament
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