The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri stated that 335 Samurdhi Community-Based Bank Unions and 1,092 Samurdhi Community-Based Banks hold about LKR 400 billion, previously audited internally by the Department but now subject to National Audit Office audit following legal changes. He asked what action would be taken if poor depositors’ funds had been used for other purposes and interest due to them had not been paid, including recovery and crediting of the rightful interest.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 There are 335 Samurdhi Community-Based Bank Unions and over 1,092 Samurdhi Community-Based Banks. About LKR 400 billion across these institutions has been under audit internally by the Department; with your intervention and recent legal changes, the National Audit Office can now audit them.
¶ 02 My first supplementary: If poor depositors’ funds have been used for other purposes and due interest has not been paid, what steps will you take to recover and credit the rightful interest and address the hardship caused?
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- Hansard, Saturday, 8 November 2025 ·No. 22727 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 November 2025. No. 22727. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6447