217k objections against ‘Aswesuma’ to be examined

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By: Isuru Parakrama

Colombo (LNW): A total of 217,000 objections have been received regarding the implementation of the ‘Aswesuma’ Welfare Benefit Scheme, announced the Welfare Benefit Board.

As of now, these objections are being examined commencing from Monday (14), and the Welfare Benefit Board has already instructed the District Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries to initiate the investigations into the objections.

The objections concerning the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Scheme are to be meticulously reviewed and processed within a period of five days, the Board noted.  

Meanwhile, the examination process will also extend to the review of 800,000 appeals that have been submitted regarding the scheme.  

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