Budget 2019: Allowance for persons with special needs increased
March 5, 2019 03:01 pm
The Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera has proposed to increase the allowance for persons with special needs from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 per month.
This will expand funding to accommodate almost the 72,000 eligible low-income individuals.
The Minister said, “Rs 4,320 million has been allocated for this. This allocation will enable us to eliminate the waiting list”.
Furthermore, in order to encourage more inclusive employment, private entities that recruit at least 5 persons with disabilities are to be provided with a salary subsidy of 50% of the salary per person, up to an upper limit of Rs 15,000/- per person per month for a period of 24 months.
The Minister stated this presenting the Budget 2019 to the House today (05).
The budget proposal for the year 2019 was presented to the parliament by Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera.
Accordingly, the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill commenced at 2.00 p.m. this afternoon (05).
