{"id":2773,"date":"2018-01-29T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:50:09","slug":"debate-budget-proposals-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/debate-budget-proposals-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate on Budget Proposals 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Business Economics is organizing various types of activities to evaluate the student performance for the course module; BEC 2340: Macroeconomics. Accordingly, a debate on the 2018 budget proposals of Sri Lanka was held on the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> January 2018 at the premises of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course is offered to 11 departments of the faculty, and the department conducts lectures in seven groups. Thereby, seven debate sessions took place under two debate motions: \u2018Is the 2018 budget directed towards a Blue-Green economy or not?\u2019 and \u2018Does the 2018 budget enable Sri Lanka to attract FDIs or not?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" data-id=\"2775\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_1994-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_1994.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_1994-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_1994-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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