The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam sought clarification on whether the listed projects for the Eastern Province were funded by Indian grants or special allocations, or through Sri Lanka’s Budget using taxpayer funds. He referred to a 2021 request by the TNA and other Tamil parties to the Indian High Commissioner for increased Indian funding to the East, given larger allocations to the North, and asked the Deputy Minister to specify the funding source of the projects mentioned.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, I want to get something clarified. Are these projects to be implemented with special funds or grants from the Government of India or grants earmarked for the Eastern Province? Or are these projects funded by the Government of Sri Lanka with taxpayers’ money this year? In 2021, the TNA and other Tamil parties requested the Indian High Commissioner for increased funding to the East since the North was receiving substantial allocations.
¶ 02 Did you read out a list funded by India, or did you read projects in Sri Lanka’s Budget funded by Sri Lankan taxpayers?
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