A sub-committee on energy affairs has been appointed under the Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development.

According to a Parliament statement, the sub-committee on energy affairs will be chaired by MP Ajith P. Perera. 

This decision was made during a meeting of the Sectoral Oversight Committee, held under the chairmanship of MP S.M. Marikkar in Parliament yesterday (17). 

The sub-committee was appointed following the review of the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill by the committee.

Addressing the meeting, committee Chair MP S.M. Marikkar stated that the sub-committee is headed by  MP Ajith P. Perera, who has experience in the energy sector.

MP Marikkar further said that the sub-committee is expected to discuss the necessary matters and provide recommendations to take positive steps forward in Sri Lanka’s electricity and energy sectors. (Newswire)

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Minister of Transport Bimal Rathnayake has appointed three sub-committees responsible to the Ministerial Consultative Committee for resolving problems prevailing in the transport sector.

Accordingly, these sub-committees are tasked with resolving issues in the transport sector through transport, environment, business, and people-friendly concepts.

These sub-committees have been appointed in accordance with the decision taken at the meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation held in January 2025.

The first sub-committee has been formed to ensure job security of workers engaged in the informal transport industry and to create professional recognition for workers engaged in the transport sector who are not formally organized. Accordingly, several issues, including the provision of contributions from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) for private bus drivers, conductors, three-wheeler drivers and those engaged in the transport sector through electronic applications (App Base Workers) will be examined. MPs Chandana Sooriyaarachchi (Chair), Jagath Vithana, Dinindu Saman and Dewananda Suraweera have been appointed as members of this sub-committee.

The Second Sub-committee has been established to guide the transport sector towards a productive direction by strengthening the legal framework associated with the transport sector. The objectives of this sub-committee is strengthening the legal framework associated with the transport sector, determining the direction of the transport sector in Sri Lanka in five years, giving special focus on problems faced by women and the community having disabilities in using modes of transport and proposing legal and administrative reforms towards the advancement of the transport sector.  MPs Lakmali Hemachandra (Chair), Sugath Wasantha de Silva, Thanura Dissanayake and Sujeewa Dissanayake have been appointed as members of this sub-committee.

The Third sub-committee has been appointed to formulate business models for creating additional services associated with the transport industry. This aims to develop areas linked with core aspirations of the transport sector using the available resources and to formulate business models for generating extra income through creating additional services. MPs Chathuranga Abeysinghe (Chair), Ravindra Bandara and Dhanushka Ranganath have been appointed as members of this sub-committee. (Newswire)

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