Samurdhi Regulations, No.1 of, 2017.

These Regulations, consisting of 14 Sections, are enacted in accordance with the Samurdhi Act, No. 1 of 2013.
In 1995, the Samurdhi Program was introduced by the government with the final objective of reducing poverty levels with unique features to include communities into the decision-making and target population identification processes. It is administered by the Department of Samurdhi Development and it operates throughout all 25 districts.
Section 3 provides for the criteria in respect of the selection of samurdhi beneficiaries who shall be entitled to receive the samurdhi subsidy allowance under the Samurdhi Programme. The Regulations further specify: (a) the Constitution and Administration Structure of samurdhi community based organizations, samurdhi regional organizations and Samurdhi Community Based Banking Union and the provisions relating to the first meetings thereof; (b) the common logo for the samurdhi programme; and (c) the procedure for the settlement of disputes that may arise, in performing the functions of samurdhi community based organizations, samurdhi regional organizations and Samurdhi Community Based Banking Union.