Minister of Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation, Mahinda Amaraweera has told the Cost-of -Living Committee that the Government will allocate Rs. 200 billion to provide relief for 3.2 million low-income families countrywide.
The Cost-of-Living Committee met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday, June 30.
Rs. 7,500 - Rs 10,000 will be allocated per family under this program. Minister Amaraweera said that the Government had decided to take this step to help families which are losing their sources of income, the escalating prices of goods and the economic crisis in the country.
The Minister discussed with all Governors and Secretaries via Zoom technology on Friday, July 1, where the Minister emphasised these points to review agriculture activities in all provinces of the country. The Cost-of-Living Committee also focused on providing nutritious meals to all children in remote areas.
This program was proposed to protect the nutritional status of children, taking into account the loss or drop in the income of people engaged in certain types of jobs, he added.