to provide the welfare based on political affiliation ratherl than actual need. so that has become a major burden on the welfare - programmes in general. all right. minister sabry, your response to the question? yeah. one of the conditions of the imf programme is also to roll over a social protection net to see the most vulnerable there and, of course, the midday meal programme is going on, but generally, about more than 3 million families have been covered. but i do agree there are some verifications need to be done. there are some people who have already been graduated from this project, but still getting it, there are some who have been left out that need to come. there is a new programme, which is going on, along with the world bank, in order to identify that and upgrade that so that you. but time is coming out, isn t it, minister? i mean, people are really very hungry right now, and the government is, it seems, virtually on the verge of bankruptcy. i mean, even the president sai
all of the imf programmes, all of that tightened up so that budgetary support comes to scale these up, otherwise it will continue to be a big problem. 0k, harini amarasuriya, i mean, the united nations is really sounding the alarm bells, you know, they re saying that half of the population in sri lanka could really fall into poverty. so there s a huge problem with i targeting, and with effectiveness of existing welfare programmes. that is also due to heavy politicisation of welfare programmes where governments that come in to power tend to provide - the welfare based on political- affiliation rather than actual need. so that has become a major burden on the welfare - programmes in general. all right. minister sabry, your response to the question? yeah. one of the conditions of the imf programme is also to roll over a social protection net to see the most vulnerable there and, of course, the midday meal programme is going on,
so that has become a major burden on the welfare - programmes in general. all right. minister sabry, your response to the question? yeah. one of the conditions of the imf programme is also to roll over a social protection net to see the most vulnerable there and, of course, the midday meal programme is going on, but generally, about more than 3 million families have been covered. but i do agree there are some verifications need to be done. there are some people who have already been graduated from this project, but still getting it, there are some who have been left out that need to come. there is a new programme, which is going on, along with the world bank, in order to identify that and upgrade that so that you. but time is running out, isn t it, minister? i mean, people are really very hungry right now, and the government is, it seems, virtually on the verge of bankruptcy. i mean, even the president said a few months ago, president wickremesinghe, that trying to find $1 million wa
up, otherwise it will continue to be a big problem. ok, harini amarasuriya, i mean, the united nations is really sounding the alarm bells, you know, they re saying that half of the population in sri lanka could really fall into poverty. so there s a huge problem with targeting, and with l effectiveness of existing welfare programmes. i that is also due to heavy politicisation of welfare i programmes where governments that come in to power tend - to provide the welfare based on political affiliation ratherl than actual need. so that has become a major burden on the welfare - programmes in general. all right. minister sabry, your response to the question? yeah. one of the conditions of the imf programme is also to roll over a social protection net to see the most vulnerable there and, of course, the midday meal programme is going on, but generally, about more than 3 million families have been covered. but i do agree there are some verifications need to be done.