Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Energy,—(1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the tax revenue gained from selling petroleum fro...
(i) of the tax revenue gained from selling petroleum from 22nd October 2023 to 21st October 2024;
(ii) of the profit gained/loss incurred by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation during that period;
(iii) whether frauds have occurred in the sale of petroleum during that period;
(iv) if so, of the amount of money defrauded from one litre of each type of fuel separately;
(v) of the total amount of money that has been defrauded; and
(vi) whether the concession remaining after deducting the amount that has been defrauded from each litre of fuel is currently passed on to the people?
(b) If not, why?
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Power,— (1)
(i) of the number of times the prices of fuels were revised from 21....
(i) of the number of times the prices of fuels were revised from 21.10.2024 to 30.11.2024;
(ii) of the revised price of each type of fuel at each such revision, separately;
(iii) whether the revisions of prices of fuel were carried out according to the formula for fuel prices; and
(iv) which should have been the actual revised prices at each time the prices were revised in respect of each fuel type, separately if it had been done according to the formula?
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) whether he accepts the fuel price formula introduced by the previous government;
(ii) if not, the reasons for not accepting the fuel price formula; and
(iii) of the steps that will be taken to give fuel consumers of Sri Lanka the benefit of the reduction in prices of fuel in the international market?
(c)If not, why?
100/2024
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(...
(i) procedure currently applied for purchasing paddy;
(ii) quantity of paddy expected to be purchased by the government this time in metric tons; and
(iii) places where the above paddy stocks will be stored?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the—
(i) minimum price set for each variety of paddy when purchasing them; and
(ii) time period that these prices will be in effect?
(c) If not, why?
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Energy,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) of the tariff charged for a unit of electricity under ...
(i) of the tariff charged for a unit of electricity under each of the domestic and commercial categories as of 20.11.2024, separately;
(ii) of the details of the electricity tariff revisions made from 21.10.2024 to date;
(iii) whether the above revisions have been made subject to the decisions/approval of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka;
(iv) whether the decisions given by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka will be accepted; and
(v) whether steps will be taken to dissolve the said Commission?
(i) whether steps will be taken to maintain a fixed price for electricity; and
(ii) if so, the fixed price?
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) o...
(i) of the current market prices per kilogram of Nadu rice and Samba rice separately;
(ii) whether action will be taken to reduce the price of rice;
(iii) whether a price controls will be introduced for rice; and
(iv) if so, what the prices will be?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) whether rice reserves are being maintained with government intervention to provide rice to consumers without shortage;
(ii) if so, what the quantities of such reserves are; and
(iii) of the course of action is being taken regarding rice imports?
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Energy,— (1)
(i) number of litres of petrol, diesel and kerosene...
(i) number of litres of petrol, diesel and kerosene and the number of barrels of crude oil imported to Sri Lanka during the period from 21st October to 30th November 2024, separately;
(ii) amount of tax levied by the Government per liter of each type of fuel, separately;
(iii) total amount of tax levied by the Government for each type of fuel mentioned above, separately;
(iv) amount paid as unloading/landing fees for the aforesaid quantities of fuel ?
(b) If not, why ?
(i) of the amount of rice imported during the period from 14th November 2023 to 13th November 2024;
(ii) separately, of the amounts of rice imported by the Government and by the private sector during the aforesaid period;
(iii) whether rice was imported to Sri Lanka after the presidential election held in 2024;
(iv) if so, of the aforesaid amount of rice specifying separately the quantity imported by the Government and the quantity imported by the private sector;
(v) of the reasons for importing rice;
(vi) of the import price of a kilogram of the aforesaid rice;
(vii) of the price at which the aforesaid rice was issued to the market;
(viii) of the price at which the said rice was sold to the consumer; and
(ix) of the amount of tax levied by the Government on the aforesaid rice?
(a) Will she inform this House —
(i) of the number of students who sat the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination in 2024;
(ii) whether the Examination Papers rela...
(ii) whether the Examination Papers relating to that examination or the contents thereof have been received by external parties before the date of the above-mentioned examination;
(iii) if so, of the steps that have been taken regarding it;
(iv) of the steps that will be taken in respect of the students who have been aggrieved from it;
(v) whether the evaluation of the answer scripts of that examination has been suspended; and
(vi) if so, of the reasons for it?
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Will she inform this House of the —
(i) numb...
(i) number of faculties that were initially proposed to be established at the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka when it was first started;
(ii) names of the said faculties;
(iii) number of faculties that have been established there so far;
(iv) reasons for not establishing the Faculty of Engineering of the University concerned so far; and
(v) measures that will be taken to establish the Engineering faculty concerned?
108/2024
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,— To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
(i) number ...
(i) number and value of foreign direct investments that Sri Lanka received from 2015 up to now, separately for each year; and
(ii) measures already taken and the measures to be taken in the future to attract more foreign direct investments to Sri Lanka, separately;
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,— To ask the Minister of Energy,— (1)
(i) number of private power plants in operation at present in Sr...
(i) number of private power plants in operation at present in Sri Lanka;
(ii) names of those power plants;
(iii) name and address of the owner of each power plant separately; and
(iv) amount paid to the owners of those power plants from 2015 to date, separately each year?
(b) Will he also inform this house —
(i) whether he is aware that the agreements reached with the aforesaid power plant owners are very unfavourable; and
(ii) if so, the measures that would be taken in this regard?
(i) of the number of factories in o...
(i) of the number of factories in operation at present in the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone;
(ii) of the names of those factories;
(iii) of the way in which those factories are categorized;
(iv) of the number of direct and indirect jobs generated through each factory, separately; and
(v) whether there are investors who have contracted to start new factories; and
(vi) if so, of the details in that regard?
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,—To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
(i) whether he accepts that developi...
(i) whether he accepts that developing adequate infrastructure at an Export Processing Zone is important;
(ii) in that case, of the amount of money that has been spent so far on infrastructure development at the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone; and
(iii) of the measures that will be taken to further develop the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone including further developing of the infrastructure at the Zone concerned?
(i)&nbs...
(i) date on which the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone was established;
(ii) number of investments received for the said zone and their value separately;
(iii) numbers of direct and indirect employment opportunities that have been generated through the aforesaid investments separately; and
(iv) measures taken for the further development of the export zone concerned?
Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri,— To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(i) income earned through tran...
(i) income earned through transport of passengers and carriage of goods by the Sri Lanka Railways in each year from 2015 up to now, separately; and
(ii) steps to be taken to enhance carriage of goods by train?
Hon. Kins Nelson,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,—(1)
(i) of the...
(i) of the number of universities that offer the Bachelor of Education degree course;
(ii) of their names;
(iii) of the number of students enrolled annually to follow that degree course;
(iv) whether she is aware that the above degree course leads to more graduates being recruited into the Teachers’ service; and
(v) if so, of the measures that will be adopted to increase the number of students enrolled to follow that course?
Hon. Kins Nelson,—To ask the Minister of Labour,— (1)
(i) number of institutions that are required to pay contributions to the Emp...
(i) number of institutions that are required to pay contributions to the Employees’ Provident Fund;
(ii) name of each such institution and the amount to be contributed by each of it to the fund, separately;
(iii) measures that will be taken to recover the said amounts of money?
125/2024
Hon. Kins Nelson,—To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration,— (1)
(i) number of approv...
(i) number of approved prison guards in the cadre of the Prisons Department;
(ii) number of prison guards who are currently serving in that department;
(iii) number of vacancies existing for that post as of now;
(iv) measures that will be taken to fill those vacancies; and
(v) measures that will be taken to address the professional issues of prison guards?
Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri,—To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) whether the prevalenc...
(i) whether the prevalence of sub-standard coconut oil which is not suitable for consumption has been detected in the Sri Lankan market;
(ii) if so, of the way such sub-standard coconut oil is supplied to the market;
(iii) of the tactics that are used for it;
(iv) of the measures that have been taken to prevent them; and
(v) of the reasons for high standard coconut oil is not supplied to the market?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the —
(i) problems faced by the owners of small and medium-scale oil mills; and
(ii) solutions that will be given to those problems?
92/2024
Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri,—To ask the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure,— (1)
(i) wheth...
(i) whether he is aware that a scarcity of coconuts prevailing in the Sri Lankan market at present;
(ii) of the contribution that has been made to Sri Lanka’s coconut production through the New Coconut Triangle recently introduced, centered in the Northern Province;
(iii) of the annual coconut consumption of Sri Lanka; and
(iv) of the steps that have been taken to minimize the scarcity of coconuts?
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