The Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage

¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as I said, this problem runs back 30 years since the Samurdhi Authority was established in 1995. A system accustomed to manual methods has not kept pace with today’s digital world. We have been addressing this progressively over the past year. About 450 banks have now moved away from manual processes to computer use. Not all banks are still manual; various functions are now digitized. As I said, we are integrating the 1,097 banks and 335 societies into a single networked digital platform. Through this, we are confident that the minor issues currently arising can be resolved.