Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning
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Sri Lanka at a Glance - <strong>2008</strong> Contd.<br />
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TAX RATES (%)<br />
Personal Income Tax<br />
First Rs. 300,000<br />
Free<br />
Next Rs. 300,000 5<br />
Next Rs. 200,000 10<br />
Next Rs. 200,000 15<br />
Next Rs. 200,000 20<br />
Next Rs. 200,000 25<br />
Next Rs. 500,000 30<br />
Balance 35<br />
Foreign Exchange Earnings<br />
Free<br />
Corporate Tax<br />
Taxable Income less than Rs. 5.0 Mn 15<br />
Other 35<br />
Export Income 15<br />
Economic Service Charge<br />
ESC rates vary 0.05% to 1%<br />
(Any ESC paid is deductible from any income tax/<br />
corporate tax payable)<br />
VAT<br />
Exports 0<br />
Essential Goods 5<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ard 15<br />
Luxury 20<br />
Port & Airport Development Levy 3<br />
Social Responsibility Levy 1.5<br />
Customs Duty<br />
Inputs/Raw Material 0 – 2.5<br />
Intermediate 6 or 15<br />
Finished <strong>and</strong> Luxury Goods 28<br />
Excise Duty<br />
Cigarettes (Rs. Per 1,000)<br />
Length below 60 mm 2,289<br />
Length 60-67 mm 5,215<br />
Length 67-72 mm 7,991<br />
Length 72-84 mm 9,681<br />
Length exceed s 84 mm 11,170<br />
Pipe Tobacco ( Rs. Per kg) 400<br />
Motor Vehicles<br />
Passenger Transport 0<br />
Three Wheelers<br />
Petrol 4<br />
Diesol 14<br />
Other vehicles 34 - 120<br />
ANNUAL AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE<br />
Rs./US$ 108.33<br />
Rs./SDR 171.24<br />
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT<br />
Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) 73.4<br />
Infant Mortality ( per 1,000 live births) 12.0<br />
Maternal Mortality Rate (100,000 live births) 45<br />
Crude Birth Rate(per 1,000) 18.8<br />
Crude Death Rate( per 1,000) 5.8<br />
Literacy (overall % <strong>of</strong> population) 90.8<br />
Dependency Ratio (%) 49.3<br />
Access to Safe Drinking Water (% <strong>of</strong> people) 78.0<br />
MOBILITY OF PEOPLE<br />
Motor Bicycles 1,760,600<br />
Three-Wheelers 406,532<br />
Tractors 247,458<br />
Lorries/Trucks 276,622<br />
Busses 81,050<br />
Jeeps/Cars 381,447<br />
ACCESS TO BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
Electricity to Households 83.0<br />
Pipe-born water 34.5<br />
Telecommunication<br />
Fixed Access Services (‘000) 3,446<br />
Cellular Phones (‘000) 11,082<br />
Internet & E-mail Subscribers (‘000) 234<br />
Postal<br />
Post Offices<br />
Public 4,053<br />
Private 684<br />
Roads<br />
Road density ( km/sq. km) 1.5<br />
Village Coverage (%) 95<br />
Total Road Length(km) 116,862<br />
Ports<br />
Vessels arrived 4,811<br />
Total Container H<strong>and</strong>led-(TEUs ‘000) 3,687<br />
Total Cargo H<strong>and</strong>led- ‘000 MT 50,612<br />
Transshipment (TEUs ‘000) 2,785<br />
MEGA IRRIGATION SCHEMES<br />
(extent to be newly cultivated)-ha<br />
Deduru Oya Reservoir 8,515<br />
Uma Oya 5,000<br />
Rambukkan Oya Reservoir 3,500<br />
Udawalawa Left Bank 3,500<br />
Veheragala ( Menik Ganga) 3,100<br />
Moragahak<strong>and</strong>a & Kalu Ganga 3,000<br />
Yan Oya 2,600<br />
Heda Oya 2,000<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong>
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