Aswesuma benefits for the plantation workers in line rooms

The Cabinet has approved the implementation of the welfare scheme for the plantation workers who live in the line rooms, Cabinet Spokesman, Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunwardhana said.

Speaking at the weekly Cabinet media briefing held yesterday at the Government Information Department, Minister Dr. Gunwardhana said that the welfare benefits board implement the ‘Aswesuma’ welfare beneficiary scheme at present and the selection of beneficiaries is carried out as per orders of welfare benefit payment (selection of eligible individuals to make payments) No.1 of 2002 prepared according to provisions of welfare benefits act No. 24 of 2022.

Either individuals or families accomplish the qualifications defined under the said orders are entitled for obtaining ‘Aswesuma’ benefits. Due to lack of respective houses within estates in the plantation sector, estate employees mostly live jointly in line rooms in extensive families.

According to the present context, all individuals living in line rooms are considered as one family, irrespective of the mutually separated number of families within those spaces and it is apparent that the situation is disadvantageous to those families.

Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal furnished by the President to order the Welfare Benefit Board to act considering the actual amounts of the estate employee families living in line rooms when defining qualifications for ‘Aswesuma’ scheme, under the welfare payment orders No.1 of 2022.

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