The high cost to verify data of persons eligible for social welfare benefits has caused concern of the Government, a senior official said.
Initial estimates show that for the first round of verification of the data the cost is expected to be around Rs 88 million and for the second round a similar amount is to be spent.
The first round of expenses is to collect data from 589,400 households.
Rs 300 is to be paid to each house for the two round of verification process.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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