Rs.10,000 Monthly Allowance to Drought Affected Farmers Families

A meeting was organized  to review the effects of drought on the farming sector in the country, at the President’s Officials Residence, yesterday (16).

At this meeting  President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the officials to provide an allowance of Rs.10,000 per month for all drought affected  agricultural family . To facilitate identification  of  draught affected families, the President further instructed to appoint a Committee comprising District Secretaries, Grama Niladharis and Samurdhi Officials to collect comprehensive information.

 After getting the relevant information by the committee  and  finalization,  this  Rs 10,000 allowance will be given from next month to beginning of the Yala season.