The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe - Deputy Minister
Mahinda Jayasinghe noted that official data indicates unemployment is 8.4 per cent of an approximately 8 million-strong labour force. He said there are inconsistencies in labour-related data across the Labour Ministry and other ministries, and that recent discussions with ministry divisions had identified problems with the available figures.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 It is clearly stated that currently 8.4 percent of the labour force — out of a labour force of about 8 million — is unemployed. That is, according to the report given by the relevant officials. In truth, there is an issue: across the Labour Ministry and other ministries, there are data inconsistencies. Discussions with several divisions of the Labour Ministry recently showed there are some data problems.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe - Deputy Minister. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2025. No. 1738229262040729. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23654