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ලේඛන හා සම්බන්ධ කටයුතු අප්රමාදීව හා විධිමත්ව සිදු කරමින් මෙරට විශ්රාමික ප්රජාව වෙනුවෙන් කාර්යක්ෂම හා වඩාත් ඵලදායි සේවාවක් ඉටු කිරීම කෙරෙහි අප දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කැපවී සිටින්නෙමු.
උක්ත අරමුණ කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරමින් මහජන ගැටළු නිරාකරණයට හා අධීක්ෂණයට සතියේ සඳුදා හා බදාදා යන දෙදින පමණක් වෙන් කර තැබීමට තීරණය කර ඇති බව කාරුණිකව දන්වා සිටිමි. සතියේ අනෙකුත් දිනයන් කාර්යාලයීය රාජකාරි කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් කිරීම මඟින් වඩාත් ඵලදායී සේවාවක් විශ්රාමිකයින් හා පොදු මහජනතාව වෙත සැපයීම අපගේ අපේක්ෂාව වේ.මේ සඳහා ඔබගේ සහයෝගය ලබාදෙමින් නිලධාරින් හමුවීමට සඳුදා හා බදාදා දිනයන්හි පමණක් පැමිණෙන ලෙස කාරුණිකව දැනුම් දෙමි.
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Marking the commencement of duties of the Pensions Department for the year 2026
The official ceremony to welcome the new year 2026 and start work was held on 01.01.2026 at the departmental premises under the Director General of Pensions Mr. Chaminda Hettiarachi.
National Pensions Day celebrated with pride
The day falls on October 8th of each year to honor and remember the senior public service retirees who have retired from service as key players in the country's workforce.
To mark the occasion, the 'National Pensions Day-2025' celebration, organized to pay tribute to the noble senior retirement community, was held on 08.10.2025 at the Wedamulla Pensions Holiday Resort premises, Kelaniya, under the patronage of the Hon. Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. A.H.M.H. Abayaratne.
Despite being retired from public service in accordance with the prevailing legal conditions, the majority of retired seniors still have the potential to lead an active social and economic life. With the aim of creating a generation of such proud seniors, this year's National Pensions Day was organized under the theme 'A Healthy, Prosperous and Energetic Life'.
With that theme in mind, the event was colorful with several entertaining programs, including medical camps, free medical check-ups, Ayurvedic medical consultation services and treatments, lectures, and programs organized to provide guidance to retirees to live an active retirement life, prioritizing the health care of the retired senior community.
The Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government told the retirees that the government respects the right of all senior citizens to lead a dignified and comfortable retirement life and that necessary steps will be taken to secure those rights and to increase the retirement salary of pensionsers step by step. Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Mr. S. Alokabandara, stated that the ministry will make full interventions to ensure every step of the retirees' journey towards a socially and economically developed community, starting from the timely disbursement of pensions.
This year's National Pension Day came against a backdrop of many pensioners receiving the benefits of the pension revision provided to pensioners in the 2025 budget. Director General of Pensions Mr.Chaminda Hettiarachchi stated that steps will be taken to provide those benefits to the remaining pensioners who are entitled to the benefits as soon as possible. He also stated that the pension payment process is set to be further innovated according to the government's digitalization project. It was also said that the department is taking steps to provide many necessary guidelines through the intervention of the public and private sectors to actively lead a new life after the end of official duty.
The Hon. Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. A.H.M.H., Deputy Minister P. Ruwan Senarath, Secretary to the Ministry, Mr. S. Aloka Bandara, Pension Department officials and invited government officials, retired artists and pensioners representing pensions associations participated in this event.
Department of Pensions launches five new digital systems
The launch of five new digital technology systems, further expanding the "Pensions Management System" of the Department of Pensions, was held on 17.01.2025 under the patronage of the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. A.H.M.H. Abayaratne, and with the participation of the Secretary to the Ministry, Mr. S. Alokabandara, at the Colombo District Secretariat premises.
Accordingly, five data systems were launched, namely the new official website of the Department of Pensions, the information system for reporting pensioner deaths, the information system for online reservation of railway warrants and obtaining railway permits for pensioners, the new information system for registration in the Widows and Orphans Scheme, and the newly redesigned information system for registering Public Service Provident Funds.
The Minister in charge of the subject stated that the digital technology efforts of the Department of Pensions to bring the pension payment process, which is a complex subject area spread across a wide field, to the fingertips of the retiree will be a first step in realizing the new government policy of providing digital access to the public service.
The IT Division of the Department of Pensions worked to create all these systems by directing its internal staff, and the Registrar General's Department, Sri Lanka Railways, Bank of Ceylon and Sri Lanka Mobitel acted as stakeholders in this massive process, making the G2G concept a reality.
The launch of the new digital technology systems was attended by the Minister in charge of the subject, Dr. A.H.M.H. Abayaratne, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Mr. Aloka Bandara, as well as heads of state and private institutions and retirees.
Mr. Chaminda Hettiarachchi officially assumed duties as the new Director General of Pensions
Mr. Chaminda Hettiarachchi assumed duties as the new Director General of the Department of Pensions on January 1, 2025.
A Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, Mr. Chaminda Hettiarachchi joined the service in 2000. Prior to his appointment as the Director General of Pensions, he served as the Trincomalee District Secretary.
Cabinet approval was granted to appoint Mr. Chaminda Hettiarachchi to the vacant position following the retirement of the Director General of Pensions, Mr. A. Jagath D. Dias, on September 16, 2024, and the conclusion of his extended term on December 31, 2024.
With nearly 25 years of experience in development and administration, his expertise will greatly support the ongoing technological and innovative initiatives of the Department of Pensions, aimed at further enhancing the pension payment process for the senior pensioner community, which now exceeds 725,000.
We would like to extend our best wishes to the new Director General of Pensions in his future duties, as well as to all officers working in the Department of Pensions, those attached to the Department and serving in Divisional Secretariats across the island, and the Sri Lankan pensioner community.