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Arutha is a policy think tank focused on economic research and communication with a special interest in public debt and taxation.

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arutharesearch Arutha @arutharesearch ·
15 Nov

🚨 NEW RELEASE!

Arutha in Brief, Issue III: Wage Hike or Hidden Subsidy? Government Removes Employers’ Responsibility.

In this issue, we unpack the #Budget2026 proposal to subsidise part of plantation worker wages, raising questions on fairness and employer responsibility,…

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arutharesearch Arutha @arutharesearch ·
15 Nov

“In some ways you want a boring budget,” says Yolani Fernando, an ex-Treasury staffer who now heads Arutha, a think tank. “On the fiscal side, this budget is boring. That’s a good thing. It means there is policy continuity.

The rest of it isn’t bold. You’re staying on the track,…

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arutharesearch Arutha @arutharesearch ·
14 Nov

🎙️ Team Arutha joined @NeonMediaLK with @indikasak for a deep-dive on #Budget2026 👇
📉 Discrepancies between budget speech and income estimates
📊 Why Sri Lanka must accelerate reforms
💰 Steps on tax administration
🌱 Plantation wage increases & government subsidies
🎧 Watch…

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