This survey is the 27th of the ASI series, conducted in 2012 and the reference period is 2011. The report contains important industrial indicators relevant to all establishments with 5 or more persons engaged.

Official Poverty line at national level for March 2014 is Rs. 3811

Open market retail prices of food and miscellaneous items with respect to all district towns are collected on weekly,monthly and quarterly basis…

The unemployment rate for the Fourth Quar-ter 2013 was reported as 4.1 percent.

The economic output of Sri Lanka as measured by GDP for the year 2013 recorded as 7.3 percent growth.

The economic output of Sri Lanka as measured by GDP for the 4th quarter 2013 recorded as 8.2 percent growth.

The survey results revealed that the mean monthly household income in Sri Lanka was Rs.46,207 in 2012

Percentage of poor in Sri Lanka (head count ratio) in 2009/10 (excluding Mannar, Mulativu and Killinochchi districts) is 8.9% (nearly 1.8 million of poor).

The responsibility to conduct a Census to assess the human and property damages has been assigned to the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs and the Department of Census and Statistics.

This survey is the 26th of the ASI series, conducted in 2011. The report contains important industrial indicators relevant to all establishments with 5 or more persons engaged.

The total number of employees in semi government sector has shown a decrease during the period, 2003 to 2009 mainly due to the closing down of some of the institutions.