Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne endorsed the certification on the Samurdhi (Amendment) Bill and the Rubber Control (Amendment) Bill in accordance with Article 79 of the Constitution recently (22).

The Bill to amend the Samurdhi Act, No. 1 of 2013, presented to Parliament on June 17 by the Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment Minister, provides for the strengthening of financial accountability within financial institutions and the improvement of financial supervision of such institutions.

Furthermore, by assigning to the National Audit Office the responsibility to audit the accounts of Samurdhi community-based banks and Samurdhi community-based banking societies, this Amendment ensures compl...