Samurdhi Amendment Circular cancelled

The Cabinet Sub-Committee has decided to cancel the Samurdhi Amendment Circular, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. 

Meanwhile the  Cabinet  of Ministers has  noted  that  the  government has  not  taken  any  decision  to  cut  off  the  Samurdhi  allowance  and  that the President has emphasized it the other day. 

They say that the public  have  been  misled  by  the  false  media  reports, saying  that  Samurdhi  Allowance  of  some   beneficiaries  has  been  suspended.

In the wake of protests from Samurdhi beneficiaries who staged countless protests and objections from politicians including members of the government, President Maithripala Sirisena last week assured that the government will not cut off or reduce the benefits of the Samurdhi beneficiaries.

He pointed out there are large number of people in the country who are eligible for the Samurdhi benefit but have not been granted them yet. 

He said therefore the government will not cut off that benefit but will try to provide it to new applicants too.

President Sirisena said the various political accusations saying that the government is going to cut off the Samurdhi benefit are not true. “The current government always takes policy decisions for the betterment of the people,” he said.