The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Moved approval of the “Aswesuma” Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme under Section 9 of the Welfare Benefits Act, No. 24 of 2002, as published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2415/66 of 21 December 2024 and presented to Parliament on 7 January 2025. He stated that Cabinet approval had been granted, and the motion was agreed to.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move the following:
¶ 02 “Under Section 9 of the Welfare Benefits Act, No. 24 of 2002, in relation to Welfare Benefits, the Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme ‘Aswesuma’ made by the Minister of Treasury Operations and Economic Development and published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2415/66 of 21.12.2024, and presented on 07.01.2025, be approved.
¶ 03 (Cabinet approval has been granted.)”
¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.
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