President emphasizes decentralizing all public services at district, divisional levels

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
There is a timely need to decentralize all public services at the district and divisional levels similar to the work-from-home concept,
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says.Department of Registration of Persons, Department of Immigration and Emigration, Department of Motor
Traffic and other state institutions can be further decentralized at the district and divisional levels in order to provide their respective
services more efficiently.The President pointed out the importance of linking such key institutions to each other.The President made these
to make public services more efficient, decentralization of all public services at district and divisional levels and management of
government expenditure.Many countries in the world are paying special attention to food security
The post-harvest damage to the vegetables and fruits in Sri Lanka is estimated at 40 percent
The President emphasized that a large amount of food could be saved by paying close attention to this issue.The President further pointed
out the possibility of offering a fair price to the farmer and the consumer by minimizing the number of intermediaries in the distribution
of the harvest.Measures should be taken to identify government owned and uncultivated lands and hand them over to the youth who are
interested in cultivation as early as possible.The armed forces, the Civil Defence Force and the Department of Prisons are ready for
cultivation
Positive results can be achieved by involving those institutions in agriculture as well.The need for a renewable power generation in
institutional level to address the current power crisis by focusing on solar power generation.Governors, Secretary to the President,
Secretaries to the Ministries of Public Administration and Agriculture, Provincial Secretaries and District Secretaries were also present at
the discussion.-PMD
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