{"id":28367,"date":"2025-06-25T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28367"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:20:16","slug":"praja-shakthi-programme-set-to-empower-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28367","title":{"rendered":"Praja Shakthi Programme Set to Empower Rural Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government\u2019s ambitious community empowerment initiative, the&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Praja Shakthi\u2019 National Programme<\/strong>, will be officially launched at Temple Trees under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aimed at ensuring equitable economic growth, the programme focuses on uplifting rural and estate communities, where 95.3% of the country\u2019s multidimensionally poor reside. It seeks to reorient existing initiatives into a unified, policy-driven framework to better identify development needs, implement targeted actions, and monitor outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first meeting of the Praja Shakthi National Operations Committee was held yesterday (24) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by Minister of Rural Development Upali Pannilage and Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake. The committee includes nine ministry secretaries and chief secretaries of provincial councils, with the Senior Additional Secretary (Development Administration) to the President Kapila Janaka Bandara serving as convener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme will establish&nbsp;<strong>Praja Shakthi Councils<\/strong>, strengthen local governance, and build institutional capacity to deliver effective, inclusive development. It also aims to reinforce Sri Lanka\u2019s national social welfare system to better support vulnerable populations and unlock the country&#8217;s productive potential.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28367' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28367&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28367' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28367' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28367' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28367'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28367' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28367 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government\u2019s ambitious community empowerment initiative, the&nbsp;\u2018Praja Shakthi\u2019 National Programme, will be officially launched at Temple Trees under the patronage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28369,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28367\/revisions\/28369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}