The Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara
Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara asked the Prime Minister for details on the Government’s “Praja Shakthi” Programme, presented as an integrated, multi-pronged poverty eradication initiative. He sought information on its objectives, implementation framework, differences from earlier poverty alleviation schemes, reasons those schemes failed, and targets for 2030 and beyond.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My question to the Hon. Prime Minister is as follows:
¶ 02 Despite various governments since Independence having implemented numerous programmes under different names to eradicate poverty, expenditure from public funds has increased and the number of beneficiaries has also grown. Against that backdrop, the present Government has introduced the “Praja Shakthi” Programme as an integrated programme with a multi-pronged approach to eradicate poverty.
¶ 03 1) What are the primary objectives of the “Praja Shakthi” Programme? 2) What is the implementation framework? 3) What were the reasons for the failure of previous poverty alleviation programmes? 4) How does this Programme differ from and address the shortcomings of previous programmes? 5) What are the targets under this Programme by 2030 and beyond?
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Cite as: The Hon. Nandana Pathmakumara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17016