Budget 2018 in Parliament on 9th November
Minister of Finance and Mass Media, Mangala Samaraweera while discussing the moving of amendments brought by the Opposition to the Inland Revenue (amendment) Bill, with Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Joint Opposition MP Bandula Gunawardena, said in Parliament yesterday, budget 2018 will be presented to Parliament on 9th November 2017 .
He was requesting more time to bring in amendments to the Bill when Minister Samaraweera pointed out that the Government was short of time.
We are expecting to present Budget 2018 on 9th November and therefore this piece of legislation must be passed in Parliament as soon as possible,the second reading debate would be taken up on 10th November, he concluded.
