State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe announced that the “Aswesuma” welfare benefit payments for the month of December, totaling more than Rs. 8 billion, have been credited to the bank accounts of the relevant beneficiaries.
The overall amount spent for "Aswesuma" payments from July to December 2023 will be Rs. 51,967 million after the sum of Rs. 8,793 million, meant for 1,410,064 families, has been paid to the banks.
The lawmaker disclosed that payments have been made to 209,745 transitional households, 290,624 vulnerable families, 606,496 impoverished families, and 303,199 severely poor families.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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