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Hon. S.M. Marikkar

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Colombo· 8 April 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: EPF and ETF Files (276/2024)

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Hon. S.M. Marikkar asked the Minister of Labour whether newly opened EPF and ETF files could be treated as an indicator of economic development. He requested the separate numbers of EPF and ETF files opened in November 2024 and asked whether monthly figures from December 2024 onward would be presented to Parliament, including the date each month on which such information would be provided.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Labour:

¶ 02 EPF AND ETF FILES NEWLY OPENED SINCE NOVEMBER, 2024: DETAILS (276/2024)

¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) whether he is aware that the number of files that have been newly opened for employees under the Employees’ Provident Fund and the Employees’ Trust Fund can be used as an indicator for assessing economic development; (ii) the number of files that were newly opened under the EPF and the ETF in November 2024, separately; (iii) whether action will be taken to present to Parliament monthly, commencing from December 2024, the number of files newly opened under the EPF and the ETF; and (iv) if so, the date of the month on which such information will be presented to Parliament?

¶ 04 (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 ·No. 1747715041076408 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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