Application deadline for ‘Leave No One Behind’ welfare benefits program extended

 

The closing date for the acceptance of the applications to identify the families and individuals who require benefits under welfare benefits program initiated on the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe under the theme of ‘Leave No One Behind’ has been extended for October 28. 

The Welfare Benefit Board has emphasized that it is mandatory for all families or individuals receiving benefits under Samurdhi, Elderly Persons, Disabled Persons and Kidney Disease Assistance Program and people who are on the waiting list expecting subsidies to submit their applications under the new project. 

According to the PMD, as of October 14, a total of 2.4 million applications have been received by Social Services Divisions at the Divisional Secretariats across the island and 1,083,724 applications out of them have already been entered into the system. It is estimated that 3.9 million families would apply for this social welfare program, the PMD said further.