The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe disputed Nizam Kariapper’s account of the plantation workers’ wage increase, stating that the agreement followed several discussions involving two ministries, the President, estate owners and other stakeholders. He said estate owners agreed to a Rs. 200 wage increase, while the Government agreed to provide a further Rs. 200 daily attendance incentive. He noted that around 100,000 plantation workers would benefit and that Rs. 5,000 million had been allocated for the measure.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Nizam Kariapper, what you stated is not accurate. Regarding the plantation workers’ wage increase, on multiple occasions our two ministries together, and also with the President, held discussions. We met more than twice with the estate owners. Following those discussions, we reached this agreement. It may be correct that around 60 percent of estates are in the private sector. However, this consensus was the result of collective discussions with all stakeholders. Accordingly, they agreed to increase wages by Rs. 200, and the Government agreed to provide an additional Rs. 200 as a daily attendance incentive. There are about 100,000 plantation workers in our country. We have allocated Rs. 5,000 million for that 100,000-strong group.
¶ 02 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 November 2025. No. 22753. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20601