The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Of the 202,426 registered companies, only about 65,000 are active, and approximately 25,000 to 27,000 pay taxes. Wasantha Samarasinghe said ICT upgrades are being expedited and that Cabinet approval has been obtained to fill the Registrar General post, which is currently held in an acting capacity, with recruitment being fast-tracked among qualified candidates.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On your first supplementary: While there are 202,426 companies, only about 65,000 are active; and around 25,000–27,000 pay taxes. We are expediting ICT upgrades. The Registrar General post is currently acting; we have Cabinet approval to fill and are fast-tracking recruitment with qualified candidates.
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 28 February 2025. No. 1741927369029372. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26209