Govt. accelerates digital transformation in labour sector

■Holds high-level meeting to streamline Labour Department services ■Participants stress importance of reducing bureaucratic delays, enabling quicker, effective service delivery to public ■Says proposed digitisation project will focus on creating unified digital platform, allowing seamless coordination between institutions - Department of Labour, the Central Bank, and EPF

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THE Government last week held a high-level discus sion to streamline Labour Department services and to enhance transparency and improve efficiency and convenience for the public.

The move is part of the Government's digital transformation project, a key ini tiative overseen by President Anura Kumara Disanayake in his capacity as Digital Economy Minister.

The initiative aims to modernise State institu tions by introducing effi cient, technology-driven services, with the Labour Ministry among the first to undergo digitisation.