The Government has accumulated the revenue of Rupees 469 billion within the quarter and it consists of Rupees 425 billion from taxes and Rupees 44 billion from non-tax sources which amounts to 90.2% of the anticipated revenue within the quarter.

At the same time, 561 projects out of 1,354 operated in the first quarter of the year 2018 have achieved more than 75% of the physical progress against the target of the quarter and it has been reported that the physical progress of 444 projects is less than 25%.

As such, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance and Mass Me6dia, to table these information in Parliament, was approved by the Cabinet.