Posted on May 16th, 2021
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A request has been made to prioritize Divisional Secretaries, Divisional Staff Officers, Samurdhi Development Officers, Agriculture Officers, and Grama Niladharis in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Speaking to the media in Dambulla today (16) the Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils, and Local Government Janaka Bandara Tennakoon stated that he had made a written request to the Minister in charge of the subject.
He further says that under the current situation in the country, the aforementioned officers do a great service whilst taking risks.
Meanwhile, the All Ceylon Government Medical Officers’ Association has also written to Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi urging her to put an end to all political influence that violates the priorities in administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 10:40 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 30, Colombo: The government has decided to create 200,000 self-employment opportunities by 2021 with the aim of reviving the rural economy which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 epidemic and strengthening the livelihoods of the people.
Basil Rajapaksa, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation, has decided to hand over the leadership of this program to direct the Samurdhi recipients to livelihood to the Samurdhi Managers and Samurdhi Development Officers while 25,000 new outlets are to be opened for rural products next year.
Accordingly, Samurdhi Managers and Samurdhi Development Officers will take the lead in the process of directing Samurdhi recipients to livelihoods under the Rural Economy Building Program, Basil Rajapaksa said while participating in a discussion with Samurdhi managers at Temple Trees on the 28th.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The government has decided to create 200,000 self-employment opportunities by next years, Basil Rajapaksa, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force in charge of Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication said on Sunday (Dec. 29).
He made this statement during a discussion with Samurdhi Managers at the Temple Trees.
The Samurdhi Managers and Samurdhi Development Officers will take lead in the process of directing Samurdhi beneficiaries to livelihoods under the Rural Economy Upliftment Program, Basil Rajapaksa further said.
The discussion focused on Samurdhi Home Economics, Microfinance, Self-Employment, and Business Development.
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