District Samurdhi Division
01. Granting Samurdhi Assistance
There are 302107 families in Kalutara District. Out of them 59306 beneficiaries get Samurdhi assistance which is initiated to get rid of poverty. In accordance 1 610 447 640/= rupees has been issued for the Samurdhi beneficiaries for the period January – December 2018. Thus the Samurdhi assistance may be divided basing the number of family members as mentioned bellow.
| No of Family Members | Amount (Rs) |
| 04 or 04< | 3500 |
| 03 | 2500 |
| 03> | 1500 |
| Strengthened Families | 420 |
In order to make strengthened prosperous nation without poverty by the year 2030, a number of projects have been initiated in the year 2018 under Livelihood Development Project. Strengthening Economy & Development Programme, Arunalu Programmes, Enterprise Development Training programmes & Infrastructure Development Programmes can be mentioned as some of main projects initiated.
02. Social Development
Covering 14 Divisional Secretariat Offices, a number of identified Special social development programmes has been initiated within the District in year 2018 as well. Preventing Drugs, Happy Families Programme, Counselling programmes, Samurdhi Kekulu Children’s Associations, Cultural Programmes and Diriya Piyasa Housing Programmes are some main projects initiated under government financial assistance. The Diriya Piyasa Housing Programme is initiated aiming homeless widows & helpless people.
Following programmes have been initiated under Samurdhi Development Programmes
|
Programme |
Allocation (Rs. Millions) |
Expenditure (Rs. Millions) |
No of Completed Projects |
|
Agricultural Development |
3.5 |
14.34 |
598 |
|
Animal Husbandry |
0.78 |
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|
Fisheries Development |
0.09 |
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Industries & Entrepreneurship Development |
14.36 |
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Job Aimed Vocational Training |
0.05 |
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|
Model Garden Development Programme |
5.49 |
0.41 |
116 |
|
Samurdhi Model Village Programme 2018 |
3.98 |
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|
Special Project Programme |
1.22 |
0.43 |
17 |
|
Drugs Prevention, Home Management & Happy Families Programme |
0.42 |
0.06 |
2 |
|
Counselling Programme |
0.35 |
0.15 |
6 |
|
Samurdhi Kekulu Children’s Associations & Cultural Programme |
0.67 |
0.5 |
46 |
|
Diriya Piyasa Housing Programme |
6.4 |
6.4 |
33 |
|
Trade Infrastructure Development |
2.8 |
1.57 |
85 |
|
Training Programme |
0.7 |
0.51 |
28 |
|
Introducing New Entrepreneurs Training Programme |
1.4 |
0.15 |
4 |
03. Social Security
Samurdhi Beneficiaries contribute Rs. 100/= for the Samurdhi Social Security Fund. Thus the following chart shows that more benefit has been given for the community
|
Description |
No of Beneficiaries |
Amount Rs. |
|
Birth Payments |
167 |
1 252 500 |
|
Marriages |
1079 |
8 092 500 |
|
Hospital Charges |
2404 |
6 671 000 |
|
Deaths |
1990 |
29 850 000 |
|
Sipdora Scholarship |
7515 |
11 272 500 |
|
Special Births (Twin Beneficiaries & Non Beneficiaries Twin) |
105 |
4 105 000 |