The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister presented the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme, issued under the Welfare Benefits Act and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2467/03, and moved that it be referred to the Committee on Public Finance, which was agreed to. She also tabled a Presidential Proclamation under the Essential Public Services Act and a note on supplementary allocations from the Development Activities Programme under the Appropriation Act for November 2025.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I present the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 9 of the Welfare Benefits Act, No. 24 of 2002, relating to Welfare Benefits and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2467/03 of 15 December, 2025.
¶ 02 I move that the Scheme be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 04 The Proclamation made and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2468/46 of 28 December, 2025 and Schedule thereto, by virtue of the powers vested with the President in terms of Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979; and
¶ 05 The Note on Supplementary Allocations from the Development Activities Programme appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget for the period from 01.11.2025 to 30.11.2025 in terms of Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025. - [The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya]
¶ 06 Ordered to lie upon the Table.
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