President directs President’s Fund Secretary to clear applications backlog by December 31st
• Of the 11,000 applications received by the President’s Fund in 2022, work has been completed on 10,360.
• In 2022, Rs. 1,500 million has been paid as a medical aid.
• President Ranil Wickremesinghe issues instructions to carry out the work of the President's Fund more efficiently and comprehensively in 2023.
• Measures to increase the allowances paid as medical aid and to update the list of diseases for which medical aid is paid
