300,000 new families eligible for welfare program in Sri Lanka
Release time：2024-05-21 14:42:53 Source：Stellar Saga news portal
-
(Xinhua) 09:49, January 19, 2024
COLOMBO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- About 300,000 new families are eligible for Sri Lanka's Aswesuma social welfare program, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies on Thursday.
Acting Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said in the statement that Aswesuma benefits are currently being received by over 1.7 million families.
The ministry said 5,209 families who were receiving benefits became ineligible following appeals and objections.
The Sri Lankan government said recently that it would increase the Aswesuma social welfare program to cover 2.4 million families because of the difficult economic situation in the country.
Sri Lanka has allocated 205 billion rupees (628.8 million dollars) in the budget for the payment of the Aswesuma social welfare program in 2024.
- Previous：Shohei Ohtani's first walk
- Next：Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia
Related articles
- Kristin Cavallari, 37, ignores critics of her age
- Chinese artworks exhibited at National Gallery of Thailand
- Tantalize your taste buds with Belt and Road cuisines!
- Over 2,000 participate in New Year hiking event in central China
- Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to lead Indianapolis 500 field in Corvette pace car
- Rosario and Pinto homer off Snell in his return to Tropicana Field, Rays beat Giants 9
- Pic story: inheritor of Duan inkstone making crafts
- Seeing purple: Fans get a new track color and maybe record
- Sweden beats France, Britain relegated after losing to Norway at hockey worlds
- Mets get 2 in 8th to snap scoreless tie and beat Royals 2
- Travis Kelce downs whiskey shot on slice of bread at Kelce Jam without Taylor Swift
- Dawn Staley and her NCAA champion South Carolina Gamecocks celebrated with parade and rally
- Dunhuang elements shine at fashion week
- Steve Clifford ends Hornets coaching tenure as winningest coach in franchise history
- What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky
- Beijing's Hong'en Temple opens to public
- China, Nepal sign memorandum on translation of classics
- How Queen Mary of Denmark has filled the last 10 days with four solo outings
- Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
- US works to prevent an escalation across the Mideast as Biden pushes Israel to show restraint
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by 300,000 new families eligible for welfare program in Sri Lanka ,Stellar Saga news portal sitemap