FactCheck: Recent submissions
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Nalaka Godahewa: Population dependence on agriculture sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/19/2021)FALSE: Although the contribution by the agriculture sector to the country’s economy is less than 10%, the segment of the population that is dependent on the sector for income is one-third of this country’s population, [that ... -
Sajith Premadasa: Sugar Scam
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/9/2021)TRUE: Sri Lanka has lost Rs. 20 billion as a result of the sugar scam. - Sajith Premadasa, Official Facebook page of Sajith Premadasa, 27 August 2021 -
Keheliya Rambukwella: Domestic milk production
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2021)TRUE: [Local] milk production is still only around 40 per cent of the total requirement. - Keheliya Rambukwella, Daily News, 11 August 2021 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Sri Lanka's record cost of interest
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/30/2021)TRUE: 70% of government revenue is spent on interest on loan repayment. Lebanon is the only country in the world that pays higher interest than Sri Lanka as a percentage of national revenue. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily ... -
Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2021)FALSE: In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 12 July 2021 -
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/29/2021)TRUE: The tourism industry has collapsed completely following the Easter Sunday attacks and following this COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the collapse of the tourism industry, we have lost USD 5 billion per year that the country ... -
Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021 -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Money Printing and Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2021)PARTLY TRUE: From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Mawbima, 3 May 2021 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ... -
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021 -
Lohan Ratwatte: Credit Line for Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2021)BLATANTLY FALSE: This is a credit line…If that credit line is not used, it will go to waste—it must be put to use. Our government will not go into debt by importing those vehicles. - Lohan Ratwatte, Newsfirst.lk, 12 June 2021 -
S. M. Marikkar: COVID-19 Vaccination
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/18/2021)PARTLY TRUE: Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region. - S.M. Marikkar, Aruna, 26 May 2021 -
Bandula Gunawardana: Tax Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2021)PARTLY TRUE: The tax revenue in 2014 at the end of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government was Rs. 1,050 billion. Thereafter, its successor the Good Governance Government imposed tax rates to collect more than Rs. 1,700 billion a ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ... -
Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/10/2021)FALSE: Sri Lanka had imported 574,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser in 2020… Sri Lanka has become the top chemical fertiliser user in South Asia. We use 284 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare.- Nalaka Kottegoda, Daily ... -
Wimal Weerawansa: Industrial Income and Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/31/2021)TRUE: Industries occupy a special place in the national manufacturing process in Sri Lanka which is about 26.4% of the national GDP, and only a very low percentage of about 10% contributes to exports. - Wimal Weerawansa, ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021 -
Harsha de Silva: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2021)TRUE: CBSL Annual Report states Sri Lanka's budget deficit for 2020 [was a] huge 11%. But it should be even higher at 14%. - Harsha de Silva, Harsha de Silva's Official Twitter, 1 May 2021 -
Dullas Alahapperuma: Forex Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/7/2021)PARTLY TRUE: The largest foreign exchange earners contributing USD 7 billion to the economy of this country are the women of our country who perform drudgery in the Middle East. Number two is the apparel industry. USD 5.6 ... -
Gayantha Karunatilleka: Income Inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2021)TRUE: 35% of our country's national income is enjoyed by 10% of the population. - Gayantha Karunatilleka, Divaina, 30 March 2021