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 Date: 2019-06-18   Answered 

0595/2019: DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MARKET: STEPS TAKEN

595/’19

Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana,— To ask the Minister of Finance,—

(a) Will he inform this House —

(i) whether an institution called ‘bond clearance’ office was established for the development of the government securities market in keeping with proposal number 286 of the budget of 2016;

(ii) whether he will explain how the Rs.500 million allocated from the consolidated fund of the government for the establishment of a sales structure under the supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was utilized;

(iii) of the nature of the behaviour displayed by foreign investors in the government securities market from 2015 to 2017; and of the US Dollar value of investments recalled by them on each of the aforementioned years; and

(iv) of the steps that will be taken to attract foreign investors to the Sri Lankan securities market from year 2018 onwards?

(b) If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2019-06-18

Asked by

Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana, M.P.

Ministry

Finance

Legislature

Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

Third Session

Question History

Answer

The answer is given in sinhala language.

Answered Date

2019-06-18

Answered by

Hon. Eran Wickramaratne, M.P.





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