Hon. Waruna Liyanage,—To ask the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment,— (1)
(a) Will he accept that the —
(i) Sri Lanka Samurdhi Authority, established in the year 1995, was transformed into the Department of Samurdhi Development in the year 2013 and currently employs about 25,000 employees;
(ii) payment of pensions to the employees who have retired from the aforesaid department has been stopped for about a year and they and their dependents have been in great difficulty as a result; and
(iii) election manifesto of the present government has also assured that the aforesaid problem will be resolved expeditiously?
(b) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) reasons for not paying pensions to the aforesaid employees, be it by withholding the retirement gratuity amount as a temporary measure;
(ii) measures that will be taken to provide a permanent solution for aforesaid matter?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-04-08
Asked by
Hon. Waruna Liyanage, M.P.
Ministry
Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
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Answered Date
2025-04-08
Answered by
Hon. (Dr.) Upali Pannilage, M.P.
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