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Sri Lankaβs two-month postponement of its 2025 Household Income and Expenditure Survey exposes a deeper policy challenge: whether the Government possesses the reliable, timely household information needed to direct scarce public funds towards those who need assistance most. The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) has attributed the delay, from October to December 2026, to [β¦] The post Outdated Poverty Data Threatens Welfare Justice and Fiscal Accountability appeared first on Lankanews.lk .