Lakshman, W. D2024-10-252024-10-251975Modern Ceylon Studies, Vol. 6 ,No. 2, 1975, pp. 97-115https://ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/20.500.14444/2538The fact that since political independence there has been a cleat trend towards greater public sector involvement within the economy of Sri Lanka is undisputed. There is however, a serious gap in the data base required for a quantitative analysis and evaluation of the role of the public sector in the national economy. The present study is an attempt at filling a very small area of this existing data gapen-USNational economyPublic enterprisesArticle