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Bulk of December govt. salaries paid with Rs 10.5 bn profit earned by Agrarian Development Dept

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Mahinda Amaraweera

By Ifham Nizam

The government paid the majority of the public servants their last salary –December- from Rs. 10.5 bn profit of the Department of Agrarian Development, a top official of the Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation yesterday said.

Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that the Department had earned Rs. 10.05 billion by selling urea fertiliser and other fertilisers in the last Yala season and this year’s Maha season.

The money was sent to the Treasury and last December the government had to use a part of that money to pay the due salaries of government employees, he said

The minister revealed these facts during a discussion held at the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday at a review meeting on the agricultural projects carried out using the funds allocated from the 2023 budget.

Although the government made certain financial allocations for the activities of the ministries in the last interim budget, it was not possible to provide the entire amount of money due to the economic crisis in the country, he said

He also said that although Rs. 115 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2023, due to the economic crisis, it has been decided to cut five percent of the allocation to be given to each ministry, so the allocation of funds for certain projects may decrease.

The Minister also said that since the paddy harvesting of this Maha season will start in some areas by the end of next week, the Paddy Marketing Board will need around 10 billion rupees to buy paddy.

The Ministry has submitted a Cabinet paper requesting for the relevant money, and that the Cabinet paper will be presented next week.


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Cabinet aporives recruitment of Nursing Instructors for Nursing Schools under the Ministry of Health and Mass Media on Contract Basis

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There are 17 nursing schools under the Ministry of Health and Mass Media including the postgraduate primary nursing school.

There are 142 vacancies in the posts of Grade I / Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) as on 31.03.2026 in those schools while 24 officers are to be promoted to the special grade on 31.12.2025 owing to the vacancies existing in the post of Special
Grade Nursing Officer (Education). Therefore, the number of vacancies is to be 166.

In addition, there are 24 vacancies in the post of Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education).

Although at present action has  been taken to upgrade the nursing schools to nursing colleges and upgrade the nursing diploma course to nursing degree course, no action has  been taken so far to carry out recruitment for the training relevant to the appointment for the post of Grade I / Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education).

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to recruit  retired nursing instructors and nursing instructors who served in the nursing schools belonging to the three armed forces and are retired or have resigned legitimately from service to the post of Grade I / Special Grade Nursing Officer (Education) on contract basis.

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Signing  agreement for the establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Facility in Sri Lanka

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It has been decided to establish a BIMSTEC technology transfer facility in Sri Lanka by entering into a Host Country Agreement at the second leaders’ summit of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) held in New Delhi, India, in 2008, with the objective of enhancing regional cooperation.

The relevant cooperation agreement was signed by the member countries at the 5th BIMSTEC summit on 30-03-2022 in Colombo.
The prime objective of this technology transfer facility is to provide technology, capacity building, and management of intellectual property for the micro, small, and medium-scale
enterprises of the BIMSTEC member countries.

According to the cooperation agreement, an agreement should be entered into between Sri Lanka, as the host country, and  BIMSTEC  Secretariat for formalizing the legal status, privileges, and immunities of the technology transfer facility.

The drafted agreement has received the relevant institutional approval and legal clearance.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Science and Technology to sign the proposed agreement.

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 The cabinet approves agreement on mutual legal cooperation in criminal matters between the Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea

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Approval has been granted at the cabinet meeting held on 11-12-2023 to sign an agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Government of Sri Lanka regarding mutual cooperation
in criminal matters.

However, according to the aforementioned approval, the relevant agreement could not be signed between both parties.

Through this agreement, opportunities will be provided
for mutual assistance to other countries in handing over judicial documents and collecting evidence for the use of criminal case matters.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution provided by the Minister of Justice and National Integration to sign an agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Government of Sri Lanka to cooperate in criminal matters.

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