The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal forwarded by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to appoint Mrs. P. K. L. S. Panduwawala, the officer
in the special grade of Sri Lanka Surveyors’ Service currently serving as the Additional Surveyor General (Central) to the post of Surveyor General with effect from 02.02.2026.

The instructions required for granting relief to farmers for the short term crops devastated due to  the extreme  weather have been issued through Budget Circular No. 08/2025 and 08/2025 (i).

Considering the economic importance of the export agriculture sector, the requirement of re planting long term export agricultural crops that were destroyed by the floods and landslides, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the
resolution furnished by the  President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to pay the cultivators engaged in pepper, coffee and cardamom an
allowance subject to a maximum of rupees 425,000/- per hectare for replanting as well as to provide seedlings free of charge from the Department of Export Agriculture.

The demand for obtaining higher-level services to diagnose diseases has been increasing within the public health system in Sri Lanka due to the growth of non-communicable diseases and
comprehensive services at all levels of care.

However, when obtaining reports from key equipment such as CT scanners, MRI scanners, DSA, cardiac catheterization units, and automated hematology and biochemistry analyzers, it has been observed that such patients have encountered immense difficulties due to a lack of equal opportunities for them.

Especially concerning the limited resources available for obtaining the respective reports in government hospitals, it has
been observed that there have been delays in clinical management due to such patients having to be on long waiting lists. Further, taking into consideration the financial limitations existing for purchasing such equipment and the complex procurement procedures that must be followed  for the purchase and maintenance of such equipment, the need to resort to alternative methods for obtaining such reports has been identified.

Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to take necessary steps to obtain such services and equipment to diagnose relevant diseases, following the prescribed
procurement procedure under the suitable public-private partnership subject to a performance-based payment scheme.