The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara asked the Minister of Energy to provide details on Government tax revenue from petroleum sales between 21 September 2023 and 20 September 2024, and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s profit or loss during that period. He also sought information on whether fraud occurred in fuel sales, the alleged amount defrauded per litre by fuel type, the total sum involved, and whether any such amount has been deducted from fuel prices to provide relief to consumers.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sale of Petroleum from 21.09.2023 to 20.09.2024: Tax Income and Profit — Question to the Minister of Energy: (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) amount earned as tax income by the Government by selling petroleum oils from 21.09.2023 to 20.09.2024; (ii) profit earned/loss incurred by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation during the period referred to above; (iii) whether frauds have occurred in selling fuel during the period concerned; (iv) if so, the amount that was defrauded per litre in respect of each fuel, separately; (v) the total amount of money so defrauded; and (vi) whether the amount so defrauded from each litre is deducted from the price of fuels and its benefit is given to consumers as a relief at present? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 22 July 2025 ·No. 1753443916033328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13556