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Table  308 (Society, Welfare)
Public Welfare Expenditures (1994-1996)
Soc 308e				(Rs. Million)
Year	1994		1995		1996
Expenditure                           Item	Estimates	Actual	Estimates	Actual	Estimates
Public assistance	602	137	343	237	240
Food stamps	2,434	2,057	2,100	1,362	831
Kerosene stamps	575	633	685	437	228
Mid day meals for school children	900	2,296	2,300	1,778	0
School season tickets (bus/train)	150	265	150	133	165
School text books	400	721	425	409	525
Infant milk subsidy	125	121	125	34	70
Triposha (Nutri foods)	150	180	225	169	250
Emergency food (Refugees)	1,518	2,452	2,320	2,325	3,185
Janasaviya (Poverty alleviation)	3,646	5,057	3,500	2,794	1,991
Samurdhi (Poverty alleviation)	0	0	500	2,336	7,855
School Uniform	260	312	600	629	1,100
Wheat flour	n.a	n.a	5,000	5,000	3,670
Total	10,760	14,231	18,273	17,643	20,110
As a % of Govt. total expenditure	8	9	10	9	10
As a % of Govt. total revenue	9	13	13	13	14
As a % of GDP at current market price	2	3	3	3	3
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2007(y)/0３(m)/3１(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka