1. Taking over the management of Ridiyagama Rehabilitation Center under the Central
Government
The Ridiyagama Rehabilitation Center in Ambalantota was established in 1975 under the
Department of Social Services and in 1990, it was assigned to the Social Affairs Division of the
Southern Provincial Council. There are currently 576 inmates in this center while the center has
been built to house around 450 inmates only. For this reason they have to face a difficult and
miserable living condition. Based on the orders given by the court, inmates from different parts of
the island are detained in this center. Taking these facts into account, it has been recognized that it is
more appropriate to manage the center under the central government as a national level center
instead of being controlled by the Southern Provincial Council. As such, Cabinet of Ministers
approved the combined proposal presented by the Hon. President in his capacity as the Minister of
Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment and the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and
Constitutional Reforms to assign the Ridiyagama Rehabilitation Centre to the Department of Social
Services.
2. Pilot project to install Floating Solar Panel Power Plants on the surface of Kiriibban Wewa
reservoir and Chandrika Wewa reservoir in the Ratnapura District.
Under the Framework Convention on Grant Aid signed between the Republic of Korea and Sri
Lanka in 2009, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea has agreed to
provide a grant amounting 6.83 Billion Korean Won for the implementation of a pilot project to
install floating solar panel power plant with 1 MW capacity on the surface of reservoirs. Korea
Institute for Advancement of Technology is acting as the monitoring agency for the pilot project on
behalf of the Korean government. Accordingly the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal
presented by the Minister of Power and Energy to sign the discussion paper between the Korea
Institute for Advancement of Technology, the Ministry of Power and Energy and the Department of
External Resources to start and implement this pilot project according to the agreement reached.
3. Orders under the Employees; Trust Fund Act No. 46 of 1980
The Employees; Trust Fund Orders made under the Employees; Trust Fund Act No. 46 of 1980 have
been published in Government Gazette No. 125 dated 23.01.1981. The said orders have been
revised by the orders published in the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2311/39, on
22.02.2022 and the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Hon. President in
his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to present
these revised orders in parliament for approval.
4. Draft Bill on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Sri Lanka has signed the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD) in the year 2016. In terms of the Article 4 of the said convention, the states undertake to
ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons
with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability and a committee
comprised of parliamentarians has been appointed to prepare a preliminary draft in this regard.
Accordingly, the joint resolution furnished by the Hon. President as the Minister of Women, Child
Affairs and Social Empowerment and the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional
Reforms for the introduction of a new act by repealing the Protection of the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act No. 28 of 1996 and for directing Legal Draftsman to draft a new act for the purpose
based on the preliminary draft bill forwarded by the above Committee was approved by the Cabinet
of Ministers.
5. Amendment of the Carriage by Air Act No. 29 of 2018.
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 22.08.2022 for the
modification of legal framework in regard to the security of the local aviation service, confirmation
of the security of the passengers as well as the amendment of the Carriage by Air Act No. 29 of 2018
for the identification of responsibility limitations applicable to local aviation services. Accordingly,
clearance of the Attorney - General has been granted for the draft bill of Carriage by Air (Amended)
Act. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal submitted by the Minister of Ports, Shipping
and Aviation to publish the said draft bill in the government gazette notification and to table the
same in the Parliament subsequently for its approval.
6. Anti – Corruption Draft Bill
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers was granted at their meeting held on 18.07.2022 for the
preparation of the Anti – Corruption draft bill. Clearance of the Attorney – General has been granted
for the said draft bill prepared by the Legal Draftsman. Accordingly, approval of the Cabinet of
Ministers was granted for the proposal submitted by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and
Constitutional Reforms to publish the anti – corruption draft bill on the government gazette
notification and furnish the same to the Parliament for its approval.
