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Tag: first time in 63 yrs

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Finance-ministry

Treasury posts Rs22bn primary surplus in Budget, first time in 63 years

Jan 08, 2018 (LBO) – Government has achieved 21.9 billion rupees surplus in the primary balance of the fiscal accounts during the first ten months of 2017, for the first time in 63 years. Finance Ministry said in the post independent Sri Lankan history a surplus in the budget deficit was first recorded in 1954 […]

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