Ministries still waiting to get full allocations in 2013 Budget

 Wednesday, 06 November 2013 

A majority of the ministries in the Mahinda Rajapaksa  government is yet to receive the full fund allocations made to them in the 2013 budget.

The Rajapaksas who always take the major portion of the budget has failed to allocate monies to the other ministries.

The JVP has pointed out that a majority of the ministries are yet to receive the entire funds allocated to them in the 2013 Budget even a few weeks ahead of the 2014 Budget presentation.

JVP politburo member and parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said that most of the ministries have not received more than 50 percent of the funds allocated in the 2013 Budget.

He has observed that some ministries have had to face many hardships since they are unable to cover their daily expenses since the Treasury has not released funds to the ministries.

According to Dissanayake, even parliament is in arrears to the tune of Rs 40 million in dues to suppliers of goods and services.

He has added that the electricity supply to the Prisons was interrupted since the authorities had failed to pay electricity bills for six months.