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ITAK s Shanakiyan urges Govt to address pension taxation and eligibility issues

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The article discusses domestic pension policy in Sri Lanka, with no direct commercial mechanism. The impact is limited to public sector employees and pension beneficiaries; no commodity, company, or supply chain is affected. The event is country-specific and regulatory in nature, but no concrete commercial channel is identified.

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  • Opposition MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam raised pension taxation and eligibility issues in parliament.
  • He called for removal of withholding tax on pension payments.
  • He proposed a Pension Fund to reduce Treasury burden.
  • He highlighted denial of pension benefits to employees transitioned from temporary to permanent service.

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