2,500 Grama Rajyas to be established

A proposal to establish 2,500 Grama Rajyas has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. 

The Cabinet decided that the concept paper and framework presented by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was to be forwarded to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Internal Administration and Public Management for further discussion.  A feature of the Five-Point Plan presented during the 2015 General Elections, the framework will establish 2,500 Grama Rajyas island-wide to ensure public participation in the development process. The committee appointed by the Government to prepare a concept paper on the matter comprised government officers, academics, retired public officers and representatives of non-government sectors.