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3. Public debt management objectives

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Public debt management is the process of establishing and executing a medium term to long term strategy for managing public debt with the following objectives:–

(a)

to meet financing needs and debt payment obligations on a timely basis;

(b)

to borrow at the lowest costs as possible over the medium term to long term, consistent with a prudent degree of risk; and

(c)

to promote the development of the domestic debt securities market.

Part I

Establishment of the Public Debt Management Office

Part II

Public Debt Coordinating Committee

Part III

Government Borrowing and Debt Management

Part IV

Government Loan Guarantees, Government On-Lending, Suppliers’ Credit Agreements and Finance Lease Agreements

Part V

Records and Publication of Public Debt and Finance Arrangements

Part VI

Annual Reporting to Parliament

Part VII

Borrowing and Issuance of Guarantees by State Owned Enterprises and Reporting by Provincial Councils, Local Authorities and State Owned Enterprises

Part VIII

Offences and Penalties

Part IX

General