Sri Lanka, March 3 -- The NPP Government has the overwhelming support of the citizenry. This support in large measure was due to the deep economic depression that has drowned the country over the last many years. In this context, Budget 2025 signals the Government's approach towards economic recovery. Furthermore, unlike election manifestos and public pronouncements, the budget is where a government has to walk its talk with funding.

While it would be unfair to expect a budget for one year to resolve the worst economic downturn since Independence, does this budget contain the strategies for shifting the crisis-prone economic trajectory? In this column, I begin analysing the recently announced budget proposals and articulate the policy c...