Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Mr. Aruna Hemachandra, stated in Parliament that the government has taken steps to introduce a more flexible and attractive new pension scheme for Sri Lankan migrant workers. He also mentione
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Mr. Providing a more systematic social security system for migrant workers, who are a primary source of foreign exchange for the country, has been the main objective of this "Ratawiru Pension Scheme." Currently, nearly 1.7 million Sri Lankans are engaged in foreign employment, and in 2025, the highest foreign remittances in the country's history have been…
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People- Rohini Kumari Wijerathna
- Aruna Hemachandra
- Arun Hemachandra
- Ranaviru
Organisations- Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment2
- Ministry of Digital Technology2
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka2
- Parliament of Sri Lanka2
- Kuwait Fund2
- Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment
Keywords- pension2
- scheme2
- allocated
- mentione
- provides
- billion
- migrant
- support
- through
- workers
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