Mahinda Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 525 million loans for LTTE ex-combatants
Nearly 4,700 applications from rehabilitated ex-combatants are now being processed to provide loans to them to start livelihood projects. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 525 million to assist the rehabilitated cadres and those affected by terrorism, Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Jagath Wijetilleke told the Sunday Observer.
Of the 11,632 ex-combatants nearly 40 percent benefited from the loans provided during the first and second stage which covered nearly one-third of the ex-combatants who had undergone rehabilitation.
The Commissioner General said the loans will be provided through the nearest Bank of Ceylon branch when the applications are received by the Government Agent through Grama Niladharis and Divisional Secretaries. The applicants are entitled to receive a maximum loan of Rs.250,000 after submitting a project proposal elaborating on the project they wish to launch as their livelihood based on their skills and the vocational training they had received during rehabilitation.
"The loans will be given to them this year after their applications are processed by the Government Agents and then sent to the Rehabilitation Authority under the Prisons Reforms and Rehabilitation.
The payment will be released through a Bank", he said.
He said the Social Services Department is also providing Rs. 3,000 per month for those maimed and Rs. 25,000 as livelihood assistance from the funds allocated by the President to assist rehabilitated ex-combatants and those affected due to terrorism
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Socialisation of suicide cadres
Government has allocated Rs. 300 million annually for their betterment allowing entrepreneurs to apply for loans (max Rs. 250000 per person) on concessionary interest rates accordingly.
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Rs.250,000 Loans to rehabilitated LTTE cadres for self-employment
The government has released Rs. 300 million to the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms to provide loans up to a maximum of Rs.250,000 to the rehabilitated former LTTE cadres to start their own employment.
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මරා හිටපු කොටින්ට බිලියන 2.5 ක් වියදම් කරලා
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Govt spent Rs. 2.5 b for rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres
The government has spent Rs. 2.5 bn on the rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres since the conclusion of the conflict in May 2009.
Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe yesterday said that in spite of constraints, the government had provided the funds needed for post-conflict rehabilitation process.
Responding to a query, he said that the first year (May 2009 to May 2010) the rehabilitation process had cost Rs. 1.8 bn and about Rs. 700 mn since then.
With the latest release of 150 ex-LTTE cadres, the total number released so far would exceed 8,000 with some 2,000 LTTEmembers, including about 100 women still undergoing rehabilitation.
Major General Ransinghe said that at the beginning of the programme there had been 11,664 personnel at 24 rehabilitation facilities. He said: "We have over 11,000 witnesses who either surrendered or were captured and then released following rehabilitation.
Asked whether ex-LTTE cadres would be given an opportunity to support reconstruction and rehabilitation similar to the projects undertaken by the military, the Major Gen. said that two weeks ago former combatants had helped villagers at an isolated village in the Kilinochchi District. The official expressed confidence that ex-LTTE personnel could play a pivotal role in rehabilitation and reconstruction projects.
Courtesy : President Media Unit
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