Colombo (LNW): State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe announced that beneficiaries of the ‘Aswesuma’ welfare programme can collect their September instalments starting Thursday (23).
An amount of Rs. 8.571 billion has been released to banks for 1,377,000 Aswesuma beneficiary families.
The State Minister assured that instalments for October, November, and December will be disbursed before the end of the year, with new applications being accepted in December.
Additionally, arrears for the elderly, kidney patients, and disabled individuals have been settled, he confirmed.
