Cabinet grants approval for ‘Development Task Assistants Service’
January 9, 2020 04:48 pm
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted its approval for a proposal to establish a ‘multi-purpose development task force’.
Reportedly, this would enable the provision of employment opportunities for 100,000 youths with minimum educational qualifications in low-income families.
A Cabinet memorandum was submitted by the Minister of Mahaveli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development with this regard.
Accordingly, the establishment of a service named ‘Development Task Assistants Service’ and recruiting 100,000 individuals who have passed grade eight in a government school for the service has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The aforementioned proposal was forwarded by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
