State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has indicated that if the country’s economy improves by next year, we can be optimistic about the resumption of vehicle imports.
Speaking to the media at an opening ceremony held in Dematagoda, he mentioned that this month alone, an additional 13 billion rupees have been paid for the increase in government employee salaries. Accordingly, the total amount paid for the salaries of government employees for the month of April is 107 billion rupees.
Meanwhile, the minister also stated that the program of providing ten kilograms of rice to 27 lakh families for the months of April and May will commence on April 21. State Minister Siyambalapitiya added that more than half of the total number of families in Sri Lanka are entitled to this subsidy.