The Hon. (Dr.) Kaushalya Ariyarathne - Deputy Minister of Mass Media
The Deputy Minister answered on behalf of the Minister of Health and Mass Media, stating that four state media institutions fall under the Ministry: the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Independent Television Network, and Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Details requested on related matters were tabled in an annex, while salary payments for staff with official media identity cards follow Management Services Circular procedures and payments to freelance or provincial correspondents are made with the approval of the respective institutional boards. She stated that no irregularities had been reported, making the remaining parts of the question not applicable.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I provide this answer on behalf of the Minister of Health and Mass Media.
¶ 02 (a) (i) 4. (ii) 1. Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation 2. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation 3. Independent Television Network (ITN) 4. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (iii) Provided in the annex. (iv) Provided in the annex. Annex tabled. (v) Salaries for institutional staff with official media identity cards are paid as per Management Services Circular procedures. Payments to other freelance and provincial correspondents are made according to approvals by the respective Boards of the institutions. (vi) No irregularities have been reported. (vii) Not applicable.
¶ 03 (b) Not applicable.
¶ 04 Annex tabled.
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