The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana asked the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources to state the number of persons currently engaged in Sri Lanka’s fishing industry. He also asked whether the Government accepts the need for an insurance scheme for fishermen’s protection and what steps will be taken to introduce a pension scheme for them.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Persons Engaged in Fishing Industry: Insurance and Pension Schemes
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¶ 03 Asked the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources: (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the number of persons currently engaged in the fishing industry in Sri Lanka; (ii) whether he accepts the need to initiate an insurance scheme for their protection; and (iii) if so, what measures will be taken to initiate a pension scheme for fishermen? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 March 2026 ·No. 23335 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 March 2026. No. 23335. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14771