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Estate workers will receive Rs. 1,000 wages from April: Ramesh Pathirana

06 Apr 2021

The Minister of Plantation Industries Ramesh Pathirana stated in Parliament today (06) that the government will pay the promised Rs. 1,000 salary to all estate workers from April. The Minister said that all plantation companies are legally obliged to pay this Rs. 1,000. He stated that President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 1.5 billion for the first time in history for small plantation industries including tea, rubber, coconut and export crops. Minister Ramesh Pathirana further stated that the government has taken steps to provide drought relief to all those who submitted applications to the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority last year.


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