10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Ravindra Bandara

8 May 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Currency Printed/Minted Since 2015 (Q.9/2025)

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Ravindra Bandara asked a supplementary question regarding the financing of the Government’s 2025 Budget, which he described as people-friendly and presented without money printing. He sought clarification from the Deputy Minister on the mechanism by which the Government intends to mobilize funds for proposed investments exceeding Rs. 1,300 billion.

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¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I will raise only one supplementary question. We know this year's Budget was presented as a very people-friendly Budget. We also learned that under the new Government no money had been printed. My supplementary question to the Hon. Deputy Minister is this: the Budget presented investments amounting to over Rs. 1,300 billion. When there are investments exceeding Rs. 1,300 billion, what is the Government’s mechanism to mobilize the required funds?

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Hansard, Thursday, 8 May 2025 ·No. 1748426168056758 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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