Deputy Leader of the UNP Wijewardene: technically right on health ministry budget, not on its implications
The amount allocated for the Health Ministry while this crisis is ongoing is Rs. 158 billion for 2021, that’s down Rs. 20 billion from 2019… You can see where the government’s priorities are.
Daily FT | November 4, 2020
Posted on: 1 January, 2021
Partly True
Mujibur Rahman on Covid-19 foreign financing: embraces common misunderstanding
We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ...
Lankadeepa | April 28, 2020
Posted on: 11 June, 2020
Partly True
Minister Abeysinghe claims a healthy increase in health budgets
In 2010, LKR 53.1 billion was allocated for free healthcare; in 2015, we allocated LKR 139.5 billion. In 2016, [it was] LKR 174 billion. In 2019, an amount of LKR 194.5 billion were allocated.
Dinamina | August 22, 2019
Posted on: 22 October, 2019
True
Minister Sagala Ratnayaka exaggerates budget allocation for health and education
On 4 February 2019, Mawbima reported that Minister of Ports and Shipping and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayaka made the above statement. The 2017 Central Bank Annual Report shows that:
Mawbima | February 4, 2019
Posted on: 27 February, 2019
False