The Hon. (Prof.) Anil Jayantha

¶ 01 Based on current data, we see your point. In recent months, working with Treasury officials, we are confident we can manage state financial operations collaboratively. As you said, we must raise production. We will present a program to expand micro, small and medium industries within the 2025 framework, and thereafter move step by step toward 2026. We will outline how to achieve development strategies through our forthcoming appropriation bill and related measures, focusing especially on growth. Growth must translate into equitable benefits; however, inequality has increased (Gini moving toward 0.50 from 0.39). Alongside growth, we plan programs to connect people to the economic process, including essential support to enable participation—not mere handouts. We will implement both projections and programs accordingly.

¶ 02 FAMILIES DISPLACED DUE TO LANDSLIDES SINCE 2019: ALTERNATIVE HOUSES/LANDS (Question No. 181/2024)

¶ 03 By The Hon. Ravindra Bandara to the Minister of Defence.