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The Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Anuradhapura· 21 January 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 6 (1222/2025) - Aswesuma welfare benefits

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Asked whether the Aswesuma benefits for recipients enrolled in 2022 under the three-year transitional category, which ended in December, would be extended. He also sought clarification on whether the Government had selected any new beneficiaries since taking office and, if so, how many.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, my first supplementary question: For those who began receiving Aswesuma benefits from 2022 for a three-year “transitional” period which ended last December, will that period be extended? Also, since this Government took office, have additional new beneficiaries been selected beyond those who started in 2022? If so, how many?

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Hansard, Wednesday, 21 January 2026 ·No. 23242 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Suranga Rathnayaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 January 2026. No. 23242. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2037