{"id":82429,"date":"2023-01-10T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?p=82429"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T09:54:43","slug":"lanka-economy-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/lanka-economy-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe instructs ministries to slash 5% of funds allocated in Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-4189313367\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed his ministries to slash five per cent of their estimated expenditure allocated in this year&#8217;s Budget as Sri Lanka&#8217;s Treasury was facing an acute shortage of funds, exacerbating fears that the cash-strapped country&#8217;s economic crisis could be even worse than previously anticipated.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2057589442\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div><p>Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, triggered by a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves.<\/p><p>In April last year, Sri Lanka declared its international debt default due to the forex crisis.<\/p><p>Speaking during a media briefing on Tuesday, Cabinet spokesperson and Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena said President Wickremesinghe has informed the cabinet that the Treasury was facing a severe shortage of funds.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-832924990\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Gunawardena explained the income that could have been earned through taxes within the first few months of 2023 was greatly reduced owing to the ongoing economic crisis from last year.<\/p><p>&#8220;The economic crisis is worse than what we had anticipated,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>\u201cOn Monday, the President has instructed that Cabinet to slash 5 per cent from all proposals submitted by the ministries allocated in the 2023 Budget,\u201d he noted.<\/p><p>Gunawarde said issues have arisen regarding the payment of government employees\u2019 salaries for the months of January and February, adding that disbursing this month&#8217;s Samurdhi allowance would also get delayed by a couple of weeks.<\/p><p>President Wickremesinghe, who is also Sri Lanka&#8217;s finance minister, said last year that a fresh and an out-of-the-box approach was required to provide impetus to the febrile economy.<\/p><p>Sri Lanka, which is trying to secure a USD 2.9 billion bridge loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been trying to to get financial assurances from its major creditors &#8212; China, Japan and India &#8212; which is the requisite for Colombo to get the bailout package.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-65905689\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Last week, Wickremesinghe said he was hopeful of obtaining the IMF bailout package in the first quarter of this year.<\/p><p>Sri Lanka begun debt restructuring talks with its creditors since September last year as warranted by its agreement with the IMF.<\/p><p>Wickremesinghe earlier said India and Sri Lanka held &#8220;successful&#8221; 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