The Finance Ministry has opened a call for applications for the second phase of the Aswesuma welfare benefit programme, which will be closed on Friday (15).
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe urged individuals that have not yet submitted applications to the programme to apply online or to apply through Divisional Secretariat Offices.
The selected applicants of the second phase of the programme are to receive benefits in July.
According to the State Minister, in the current context, almost 2 million Sri Lankans are entitled to the benefits and the aforesaid second phase of the programme is, in fact, expected to increase that to 2.4 million.
Moreover, an amount of Rs. 205 billion has been allocated from this year’s budget.