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01.    Proposal on liquidation of Rakna araksha Lanka Ltd (Document No – 10)

The Rakna Lanka Ltd was established as an government affiliated security service to provide security to special institutions such as economic targets, public institutions, and private institutions considering the then security status in the country as army officers who provided such security had to be deployed in process of maintaining law and order in the country. With the present peaceful situation in the country it has been observed that such firm is unnecessary. Accordingly, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to assign the tasks of providing security in land to Civil Security Department and in sea to Sri Lanka Navy and to proceed with liquidation of the company according to the guidance of Attorney General, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Establishment of an internal airline service with public-private partnership (Document No – 08)

It has been proposed to establish an internal airline service according to the criteria of International Civil Aviation Authority. Accordingly, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to call for proposals from eligible private investors to select a suitable investor for commencing such an airline service with the Sri Lanka Air Force, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Continuation of Anti-corruption Committee Secretariat (Document No – 06)

The government has paid its attention on restructuring anti-corruption institutional structure and it has been proposed to establish a fully powered Serious Fraud Office in Sri Lanka which is similar to the Serious Frauds Office in United Kingdom. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, to continue the operations of the above secretariat which was established in 2015 until such a Serious Fraud Office is introduced, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Extradition treaty between Sri Lanka and the republic of Belarus (Document No – 08)

The proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to enter into an extradition treaty between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Belarus with the view of developing cooperation between the two countries in prevention and control of crimes and for facilitating the extradition process, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Creating a special purpose vehicle in the treasury for the low income group and middle income group home ownership programme (Document No – 07)

It is expected to build 620,000 houses by the year 2019 with the view of providing 120,000 houses for low income families and 500,000 houses for middle income families under the above programme. Accordingly, considering this programme as a national priority, the proposal made by Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, to establish a special task unit under the general treasury to obtain necessary approvals immediately and to complete the programme within the due timeframe, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01. Establishment of an independent centralized procurement institution for purchase of common items used in public institutions (Document No – 05)

The need of establishing a centralized procurement institution to procure common items used in public institutions for minimizing the delay and waste caused in government's procurement procedure and considering the benefit of procuring in large scale, the quality of goods, and gaining the actual value of their prices. Accordingly, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, to establish an independent centralized body comprised of five members with expertise in various fields, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

02. Construction of a two storied building in Ranaviru Sevana Ragama for making of artificial disability equipment for disabled war heroes (Document No – 08)

Making disability equipment for war heroes is done by the Prosthetic and Orthotics department in Ranaviru Sevana Ragama and around 3,000 war heroes have registered for preparing such equipment for them. As this department is maintained with minimum facilities, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, to construct a two storied building in this regard at an estimated cost of Rs. 81.43 million, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

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01.    Development (Special Provisions) Bill (Document No – 08)

Sri Lanka has given priority to accelerate the development process and it is necessary to make legislations in this regard. Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, to publish in the gazette and present in the parliament for approval, the Development (Special Provisions) Bill prepared for making provisions for creating a national policy on all subjects regarding the development and for economic development, establishment of the Development Agency, policy making for rural modernization and regional development, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Preparation of Sri Lanka's third national communication report on climate change (Document No – 10)

Sri Lanka ratified United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993. According to its 12th article member states should provide a communication report consisting of information on climate change and Sri Lanka has presented its second and and 2012. Accordingly, the proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, to implement the project for preparing the third communication report with the grant assistance provided under Global Environment Facility of the United Nations Development Programme, and to submit the same to UNFCCC, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

01.    Policy and legal framework for introduction of new counter terrorism law (Document No – 09)

A committee chaired by the Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development to has been appointed to draft a new counter terrorism law instead of the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act, for providing adequate provisions for prevention of terrorism and affirm Sri Lanka's commitment on human rights responsibilities. Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers have decided to forward the policy and legal framework drafted by the said committee and presented by Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security for further discussions.