{
  "id": 20077961,
  "title": "Budget: Gap between fiscal discipline and social justice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/budget-gap-between-fiscal-discipline-and-social-justice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T23:50:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/budget-gap-between-fiscal-discipline-and-social-justice/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sunday, November 15, 2026 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Budget 2027 seeks to move Sri Lanka from economic stabilisation to transformation, building on improvements in growth, revenue collection, fiscal balances and debt indicators to promote investment, productive employment, social justice and better living standards. The question however is whether economic stability has been attained…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}