An Integrated Social Welfare Register, based on beneficiaries NIC Nos has been prepared incorporating details of all social welfare handouts distributed from Ministries, Provincial Councils and Local Authorities by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs.
According to the Government Information Department, the program implemented through the Department of Project Management and Monitoring, and with ICTA currently has uploaded about 80% of data to the system and further refining is in progress.
Once the program is completed, it will be very useful in streamlining social welfare handouts, better targeting and reducing ‘ghost’ beneficiaries, if any. The introduction of the “Adhaar” program in India, with a unique number for all social payment beneficiaries, has resulted in substantial elimination of ghost beneficiaries.
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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