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The Hon. Rohana Bandara

22 July 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Active Accounts in Employees' Provident Fund (Q.4/2024)

Employment
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The Member asked the Minister of Labour to provide year-by-year details from 2015 to the present on the number of active Employees’ Provident Fund accounts and the annual interest rates paid to contributors. He also requested an explanation of the factors used to determine those interest rates and the measures taken to strengthen the EPF, and asked for reasons if the information could not be provided.

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¶ 01 Active Accounts in Employees’ Provident Fund from 2015: Annual Interest Paid — Question to the Minister of Labour: (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) number of active accounts in the Employees’ Provident Fund from 2015 to the present, year by year; (ii) annual interest rate paid to contributors in that period, year by year; (iii) factors considered in determining the annual interest rate; and (iv) measures taken to further strengthen the Employees’ Provident Fund? (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 22 July 2025 ·No. 1753443916033328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13567