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COPA: 33% of Samurdhi recipients ineligible for social benefits
Deserving families left out
The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has disclosed that almost 33 percent of the families receiving the Samurdhi benefit are ineligible for the benefit.
A survey commissioned by the COPA has also found that a similar number of families eligible for Samurdhi benefits have been left out.
The survey, which covered the entire country from 2015 to 2017, has found that 449,979 families should be stripped of Samurdhi benefit.
The COPA reviewed the matters included in the reports of the Auditor General for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the current performance of the Department of Samurdhi Development.
It was also disclosed that some of the Samurdhi beneficiaries, who received the monthly benefits remitted to the Prajamula Banks, kept them in their bank accounts for long periods.
The meeting chaired by COPA Lasantha Alagiyawanna was also attended by State Ministers Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva, Prasanna Ranaweera, and MPs Tissa Attanayake, Isuru Dodangoda, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Muditha Prishanthi, Dr Major Pradeep Undugoda, Dr Sarath Weerasekera, Manjula Dissanayake, Wimalaweera Dissanayake, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, D Weerasingha, Ashok Abeysinghe, Kader Mastan and A.L.M. Athaullah.
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National minimum monthly salary for private sector employees raised to Rs. 27,000/-, minimum daily wage to Rs. 1080/-
Parallel to salary hike of public sector officers by the budget proposals 2025, it has been proposed to increase the salaries of private sector employees as well.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by the Minister of Labour to revise the national minimum monthly salary and national minimum daily wage and follow other legal actions as follows:
• To raise the minimum national monthly salary by rupees 9,500/- from rupees 17,500/- to rupees 27,000/- with effect from 01.04.2025
• To raise the minimum national daily salary by rupees 380/- from rupees 700/- to rupees 1,080/- with effect from 01.04.2025
• To raise the minimum national monthly salary by rupees 3,000/- from rupees 27,000/- to rupees 30,000/- with effect from 01.01.2026
• To raise the minimum national daily salary by rupees 120/- from rupees 1,080 /- to rupees 1,200/- with effect from 01.01.2026
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Draft bill to establish the Chartered Institute of Media Professionals – Sri Lanka to be completed
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal furnished by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to grant policy approval of the current Cabinet of Ministers for completion of formulating the draft bill to establish the Chartered Institute of Media Professionals – Sri Lanka
Establishment of the Chartered Institute of Media Professionals of Sri Lanka has been recognized in order to accomplish the requirement of a training institute for carrying out relevant studies with the objective of presenting media intellects fortified with skills for the uplifting quality and standards of media society of this country while creating chartered professional journalists.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted their approval to the proposal furnished by the Minister of Justice and National Integrity to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare the final draft bill for the amendment of the Community Based Correction Act including those proposed amendments.
National minimum monthly salary for private sector employees raised to Rs. 27,000/-, minimum daily wage to Rs. 1080/-
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