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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-05-30
National Programme for the expeditious grant of deeds to the General Public
- In terms of the Government Policy of granting all citizens the ownership of land, a National Programme for the distribution of 1 million Permits / Grants to the people residing in state lands has been initiated. The main programmes under the above have been conducted in the districts of Polonnaruwa, Moneragala, Galle and Anuradhapura. It has been planned to conduct the main programmes relevant to the remaining 21 districts and 03 programmes in each district at divisional level within the period from May to December of 2018. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Gayantha Karunathilaka, the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms, to allocate additional Funds from the Treasury to the Land Commissioner General's Department for the implementation of this programme, in all districts and at divisional level, was approved by the Cabinet.