Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- The annual limit of free postage facilities given for Members of Parliament and Members of Provincial Councils has been doubled by a Gazette Extraordinary issued last Friday.

According to the Gazette, the annual limit of Rs 175,000 given for the free postal facilities of MPs has been increased up to Rs. 350,000, and the annual limit of Rs 24,000 given for the free postal facilities of the Provincial Council Members has been increased up to Rs. 48,000.

The effective date of the new orders has been back dated to January 16. The Gazette said increasing of stamps value in relation to the free postal facilities given for MPs and Provincial Council Members were approved by Cabinet on January 16.

The Gazette Extraordinar...