#Aswesuma
Sri Lanka
Handunnetti calls Aswesuma programme ‘legal begging’
Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunnetti has stirred controversy by describing the Aswesuma welfare programme as a form of “legal begging.” Speaking...
Sri Lanka
World Bank warns of flaws in Govt’s Aswesuma beneficiary system
The World Bank has raised serious concerns over the Sri Lankan government’s implementation of Aswesuma, the country’s flagship Social Security Programme, citing the...
Sri Lanka
71 pc of families to receive Aswesuma, says minister
Nearly 71 percent of the country’s families depend on Aswesuma, said minister Upali Pannilage. He told parliament that around 3.7 million applications have...
Sri Lanka
Another 900,000 apply for ‘Aswesuma’ welfare benefits
‘Aswesuma’ already has 1.8 million beneficiaries, and another 900,000 have applied for the welfare benefit scheme, said social security minister Dr. Upali Pannilage....
