The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera
Nishantha Jayaweera stated that no weighting system was used in assigning points for welfare benefit selection. He said the Committee on Standing Orders and Rules recommended revising the process, and the Welfare Benefits Board has since received general recommendations from an expert panel to refine eligibility criteria, include deserving beneficiaries, and remove ineligible recipients.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, regarding the supplementary: There was no weighting when assigning points for selection. The Committee on Standing Orders and Rules proposed a review and revision to include the right group. Following that, the Welfare Benefits Board appointed an expert panel, which has provided general recommendations. Based on these, we will further refine the system to correctly identify and include eligible persons and to exclude ineligible ones who may have received benefits. This process is underway.
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Cite as: The Hon. Nishantha Jayaweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 April 2026. No. 23476. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/499