Colombo (LNW): Plans are in place to provide the first instalment of the ‘Aswesuma’ Welfare Benefit Scheme for selected beneficiaries within the first week of August, announced the Welfare Benefits Board.
The Board added that around 95 per cent of the beneficiaries bank accounts have been opened, and it will be prioritised at state banks.
These instalments will be under the value of Rs. 15,000, Rs. 8,500 and Rs. 5,000, it added.
Whilst more than 500,000 people who received allowances for the elderly, differently-abled and kidney patients are also being included to the sceheme, the Board noted.
Two million beneficiaries will receive the funds directly through bank accounts, it added.
