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The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake

New Democratic Front· National List· 19 February 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 179/2024: CEB Payment of Loans and Staff Emoluments

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Hon. Ravi Karunanayake asked the Minister of Energy to provide details on the Ceylon Electricity Board’s incorporation date, government capital investment, and its short- and long-term loan liabilities. He also requested information on CEB staffing numbers and monthly expenditure in 2024 on salaries, overtime, allowances, bonuses, transport and other emoluments, and asked whether CEB pays PAYE tax for its staff and, if not, when and why it stopped.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Energy:

¶ 02 CEB: Payment of Loans and Staff Emoluments (No. 179/2024) (a) Will he inform this House (i) the date CEB was incorporated; (ii) total capital invested by Government; and (iii) total short-term and long-term loans to CEB, separately? (b) Will he also inform (i) number of permanent and casual employees, separately; (ii) total monthly costs of salaries, overtime, professional allowances, bonuses, transport and other emoluments from January to December 2024, separately; (iii) whether CEB pays PAYE for its staff; and (iv) if not, when it ceased? (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 ·No. 1740397565032971 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2025. No. 1740397565032971. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11397