Information minister Anura Yapa said the cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal to place advertisements through Selacine, a state agency.
Each year the government was estimated to spend about 2.3 billion rupees on advertisements.
State Conduit
Dec 19, 2008 (LBO) – The multi-billion rupee advertising business of the Sri Lanka government and semi-government institutions would channeled through a singe state-run entity in the future, a senior minister said. At present the government intuitions deal with various private agencies who buy time and space in electronic and print media.