Sri Lanka’s total debt burden increased to Rs 21.6 trillion by March 2022, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.
He said that Sri Lanka needs to pay $3.4 billion between June and December this year, $5.8 billion in 2023, $4.9 billion in 2024, $6.2 billion in 2025, $4.0 billion in 2026 and $4.3 billion in 2027.
The Prime Minister said that the total debt burden of the Government at the end of 2021 was Rs 17.5 trillion and by March 2022 it has increased to Rs 21.6 trillion.
Wickremesinghe expressed these views while making a statement in Parliament on the road map of the Government to address the economic crisis.
