The Hon. (Mrs.) Oshani Umanga
Hon. (Mrs.) Oshani Umanga raised concerns about delays and bureaucracy in obtaining EPF benefits, citing returned applications for minor discrepancies and difficulties verifying employment at closed institutions. She asked the Minister how soon digitized, more efficient procedures could be implemented to reduce paperwork and expedite EPF processing.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, this is my first supplementary question.
¶ 02 Employers face chronic difficulties when obtaining EPF provisions. Even if the B-Card exists or a letter has a minor name discrepancy, the Central Bank returns it for correction, forcing the employer to redo paperwork and delaying a member’s benefit. If an employee worked at several institutions and some have since closed, verification becomes harder—for example, someone now in Horana having to get a Grama Niladhari’s attestation for a former Anuradhapura workplace. These should be instantaneous—digitization can resolve much of this. Hon. Minister, how soon can you implement efficient, non-bureaucratic procedures?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 13 November 2025 ·No. 22816 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Oshani Umanga. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 13 November 2025. No. 22816. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26968