According to a National Audit Office (NAO) audit, about 1,000 permits issued to migrant workers in Sri Lanka to import electric vehicles have been misused.
According to Auditor General W. P. C. Wickramaratne, a large number of Sri Lanka who was eligible for this scheme had not received permits.
“About 1,000 permits granted to migrant workers in Sri Lanka for the importation of electric vehicles were misused”
For Sri Lankans working abroad, the Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry launched a remittance-based electric vehicle permit scheme during the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration. The program was put into effect between 2022 and 2023.Parliament has received the report and will soon table it.
