Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage
Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage stated that Social Services Officers under Provincial Councils and the central Government play an important role, and that allowance administration is being streamlined through digitization, including use of the Aswesuma data system. He said remaining data are being entered to improve efficiency, while acknowledging that field officers’ travel and office allowances are insufficient. He noted that proposals to increase these allowances have been submitted and action will follow once approval is granted.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, Social Services Officers attached to both Provincial Councils and central Government contribute significantly. Regarding your query on administration of the allowance, the earlier workload is no longer required in the same way because we have digitized much of the process. We are moving to collect and manage data within the system and expect to complete this soon. A substantial portion is already in the Aswesuma data system, and we are inputting remaining details to make the process fully efficient.
¶ 02 That said, many field officers, including Social Services Officers, have inadequate travel and office allowances. We have already submitted proposals on this. Once approval is received, we will take steps to increase them.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 June 2026. No. 23707. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/21484