The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
K. Kader Masthan said the Budget contains measures intended to benefit the public, including allocations for upcountry communities to improve livelihoods and living standards. He also welcomed increased education funding, noting that in the war-affected North some children still study without proper classrooms, and referred to earlier allocations and ongoing construction work to improve school facilities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, in fact this Budget has been prepared in a way that can bring some measure of benefit to the people in the present circumstances. In particular, for the upcountry people, who were very much affected in the past, millions have been allocated and programmes proposed to uplift their livelihoods and living standards.
¶ 03 Similarly, additional funds have been allocated for education. Especially in the North, affected by the war, many schoolchildren still study under the shade of trees. The previous government allocated funds for classroom and other buildings to provide physical facilities, and construction works were started. However…
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