Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- Sri Lanka has launched a comprehensive national action plan designed to recognise and formalise unpaid home-care services, transforming them into a structured sector within the national economy. The initiative addresses key gaps in social security and vocational qualification by providing national professional certification (NVQ) and contributory social protection schemes for care-sector workers.

It also establishes targeted care frameworks to support vulnerable demographics, including the 18 percent of the country's population who are elderly and 3.7 percent living with severe disabilities.

By reducing and redistributing the domestic care burden, the Government aims to establish a strong support system operating f...