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PRESS BRIEFING OF CABINET DECISIONS ON 2026-03-16
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1 Providing Electric Motorcycles to Field Officers engaged in duties in the Fishery Sector under a Grant of India
2 Taking legal action against persons transferring money relating to the drug trafficking and organized crimes by using eZCash and mCash Money Transfer Methods
3 Implementation of the Project for the Establishment of a Big Data Platform for Water Environment Monitoring and Data Driven Policy Implementation
4 Development of the Physical Infrastructure available in the Provincial Education Departments, Zonal Education Offices and Divisional Education Offices and the Provision of Equipment
5 Awarding of Contract for supplying Ground Handling Services for the Aircraft of Sri Lankan Airlines at the Male Airport (MLE) in Maldives
6 Construction of the Double Circuit Transmission Line from the Mannar Grid Substation to Mullikulam Collector Grid Substation
7 Amendment of the Colombo Port City (Guidelines on the Grant of Exemptions or Incentives to Business of Strategic Importance-Duty Free Operations) Regulations, No. 01 of 2024
8 Submission of the Transfer of Passenger Service Permits Regulations published under the National Transport Commission Act, No.37 of 1991
9 Submission of Regulations made under the provisions of the Motor Traffic Act (Chapter 203)
10 Amending the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218)
11 Making Regulations under the Provisions of the Antiquities Ordinance
12 Amending the Central Cultural Fund Act, No.57 of 1980
13 Obtaining Policy Based Lending from the Asian Development Bank
14 Declaration of ‘National Namal Uyana’ as a National Heritage
15 Establishment of Oversight Committees for the restoration of Economic Affairs
16 Emergency Procurement of Coal for the Lakvijaya Power Plant
17 Procurement of Petroleum, Petroleum related Products, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Coal
18 Declaring Wednesday as a public holiday as a solution to the existing fuel crisis
Note:
Please note that certain Cabinet decisions which could only be implemented after being confirmed at the next Cabinet Meeting and the decisions which could be amended at that Meeting, are not included herein.