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Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa,— To ask the Minister of Sports,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether the distribution of 14000 Carrom boards and 14000 Draughts boards with a value of Rs. 39,061,290.12 by the Ministry of Sports during the year 2014, had been included in the action plan of the Ministry for the year 2014;
(ii) whether allocations had been made to the Ministry of Sports by Parliament under the Annual Budget Estimates 2014 for the purchase of these Carrom Boards and Draughts Boards; and
(iii) if so, what that amount is?
(b) Will he state—
(i) whether these equipment purchased through CWE had been formally taken over to the stores of the Ministry;
(ii) if they had not been taken over to the Stores of the Ministry, the officers and institutions who had taken over the aforesaid equipment; and
(iii) the places to which the said equipment had been distributed and the places in which the balance had been stored?
(c) Will he also inform this House—
(i) of the progress of the investigation conducted by the Financial Crimes Investigation Department on the sports equipment that had been purchased contrary to the procurement procedures and as per the directive of the former Minister of Sports but had not taken over to the Ministry;
(ii) of the authorities who are held responsible in that regard; and
(iii) of the judicial measures that had been taken pertaining to this matter?
(d) If not, why?
Asked Date
2015-10-22
Asked by
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa, M.P.
Ministry
Sports
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Arbitrary purchase of Carrom boards 2014
Answered Date
2015-11-21
Answered by
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, M.P.
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