Over 1.39 Million to Be Removed From Aswesuma Beneficiaries List

Over 1.39 million to be removed from Aswesuma beneficiaries list

Over 1.39 million to be removed from Aswesuma beneficiaries list

Reports of Aswesuma Benefits Being Cut for 1.4 Million Beneficiaries Are False: Minister

Colombo, October 29, 2026 — Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment Dr. Upali Pannila has dismissed media

1.39 Million Removed: Revised Aswesuma Cuts Expose the Struggle of Sri Lanka’s Social Safety Net

Sri Lanka’s state welfare arm has executed one of the largest structural contractions in its history, officially striking 1,391,830 beneficiaries off the rolls of the Aswesuma welfare benefits pro…

Nearly 1.4 million families fail to qualify for Aswesuma in first updated list

A total of 1,391,830 families have failed to qualify for Aswesuma welfare benefits under the first updated beneficiary list publishedContinue Reading