President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stressed the need to establish a stronger social security system based on a scientific assessment mechanism to ensure welfare programmes genuinely empower beneficiary families.
The President made these remarks during a pre-budget discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat to review projects implemented under the 2026 budget allocations of the Ministry of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment and to discuss proposals for the 2027 Budget.
During the meeting, President Dissanayake instructed officials to develop a comprehensive poverty eradication programme by integrating funds currently distributed among various institutions and directing them towards identified families in need, according to a statement issued by the President’s Media Division.
