- Source: Janasaviya
Janasaviya was a poverty reduction program in Sri Lanka. It was introduced in 1989 by the government of Ranasinghe Premadasa, and was a lead program of his government. In 1995, under the new president Chandrika Kumaratunga, it was replaced by the Samurdhi program.
See also
Welfare in Sri Lanka
Notes
External links
"Janasaviya, Samurdhi and now ‘Aswesuma’", editorial, Daily Mirror, 17 May 2023
"Sri Lanka’s welfare programmes: Plagued by inefficiencies and irregularities" by Tanya Shan, The Morning, 8 July 2023
Department of the Commissioner General of Samurdhi