Rs. 6,000 monthly to families of missing persons

Monday, 9 September 2019 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday revealed that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to pay a monthly allowance of Rs. 6,000 to each family of missing persons.

He instructed the members of the missing persons to obtain the Certificate of Absence in the name of their missing persons from the office of Missing Persons OMP an office to be qualified for this payment which is to be paid from 1 November.

Earlier these women and the ex-combatants brought to the notice of the Minister that they faced social hardships and stigma in obtaining guarantors for them.

Samaraweera held a separate meeting with the ex-combatants at the Jaffna Kachcheri. Ministry of Finance Secretary R.H.S. Samaratunga, Senior Deputy Secretary to Treasury R. Despariya and Deputy Secretary to Treasury Atapattu and Jaffna G.A. N. Vedanayagam were also associated with the Minister at this discussion.