Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Mr. Manusha Nanayakkara says that a new social security program will be presented to the Cabinet within the next three months to cover the entire workforce in the country

 Common security system will be prepared by combining all the social security systems that have been implemented so far.

He mentioned that the first meeting of the committee that was established related to the establishment of this social security program was held recently and steps will be taken to submit its report to the cabinet in the next three months.

The Minister stated this in the meeting held with the plumbers and painters under the Garu Saru program initiated by the Ministry of Labuor and Foreign Employment to give respect and protection to the labour of all those employed in the informal sector in Sri Lanka.