Sri Lanka, Oct. 4 -- Reports circulating on social media claiming that the President's expenditure allocation for 2026 has been increased threefold has been clarified by the Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando.

Accordingly, the Minister points out that the relevant information is incorrect and misleading to the general public.

Explaining further in this regard, Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha said:

"This comparison is completely wrong. They claim that the President's expenditure has been increased threefold. In fact, the information they used to calculate this is incorrect. When presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill, they showed Rs.2,900 million. That Rs.2,900 million is the amount ...