Tracking delivery on manifesto promises

Create a digital data repository of individuals with chronic illnesses such as cancer and kidney disease.

Why this status: The national policy commits to a digital data repository for people with chronic illnesses such as cancer and kidney disease.

Establish mechanisms for social and psychological support for women affected by violence and abuse.

Why this status: The national policy commits to mechanisms for social and psychological support for women affected by violence and abuse.

Provide financial assistance for women-headed families, single parent families, and women affected by Gender-based/intimate partner violence based on needs and income levels.

Why this status: The national policy commits to needs- and income-based financial assistance for women-headed families, single-parent families and women affected by gender-based/intimate-partner violence.

Provide financial aid of Rs. 10,000 monthly to persons with disabilities in low-income families.

Why this status: Delivered substantially as promised. The National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities says the monthly living allowance was increased from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 10,000 from April 2025, with eligibility tied to disability certification and a low household-income threshold; 40,000 beneficiaries were added.

Introduce electric fences to prevent elephant movement to villages and maintain them with the help of community participation.

Why this status: Under way. The Government has initiated a human-elephant-conflict programme that includes plans for 800 kilometres of electric fencing to protect villages, while a community programme trained electric-fence assistants in maintenance and coordination. The reviewed evidence does not establish that the planned fencing network has been completed.

Public Consultation will be made mandatory in conducting feasibility studies for development projects.

Why this status: The environmental-policy section lists mandating public consultation when conducting feasibility studies for development projects. This is a formal implementation direction, but the source does not show universal compliance.

Introduce and regulate scientific methods for treating wastewater from domestic and industrial activities.

Why this status: The government has an approved sanitation policy covering domestic and industrial wastewater treatment and approved construction of mechanical sewage treatment plants in selected local authorities. This is implementation underway, not universal completion or full regulation.

Calculate minimum requirements for water storage and introduce methods for replenishing surface and underground water resources.

Why this status: The National Water Resources Policy provides for integrated water conservation and recharge measures, including preventing over-extraction and implementing water recharge. However, no public evidence was found that minimum water-storage requirements have been calculated and introduced as the pledge specifies.

Implement existing guidelines for soil conservation and develop new recommendations as needed.

Why this status: The Hadabima Authority has a 2026 soil-conservation programme targeting 1,350 hectares in identified Central Highlands divisional areas, using biological, crop-based and mechanical methods to reduce erosion. This is direct implementation, though it does not demonstrate nationwide application of all existing and new soil-conservation guidance.

Develop and implement scientifically developed sustainable land-use plans for agricultural, industrial, and residential uses.

Why this status: The national policy commits to developing and implementing scientifically developed sustainable land-use plans for agricultural, industrial and residential uses.

Identify, manage, and reduce risk in natural disaster-prone areas.

Why this status: Government agencies are producing current risk and exposure analyses for disaster-prone areas, including a post-Cyclone Ditwah Kelani River Basin assessment that maps hazard categories, population, infrastructure and land-use exposure. This is meaningful risk-identification work, but it does not by itself demonstrate risk reduction across all vulnerable areas.

Establish a National Research Institute for intangible heritage and traditional arts.

Why this status: The national policy commits to establishing a National Research Institute for intangible heritage and traditional arts, identifying and preserving existing heritage.

Build a network of registered music institutions.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Establish a National Institute for the preservation and promotion of musical traditions.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Establish art societies from the school level and organize competitions.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Establish a National Institute to oversee the preservation, study, and research of past and present visual arts and photography.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Provide facilities for the study, research, and preservation of both contemporary and traditional dance forms.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Build a network of registered dance institutions.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Establish a National Institute dedicated to the preservation and promotion of dance.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Provide facilities for alternative theatre spaces.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Organize grants and provide tax relief for theatre production and exhibition.

Why this status: Cabinet approved a Rs. 50 million 2026 allocation for projects promoting drama, performing arts and literature at national and regional level, including support for new drama productions and performances and facilities around cinema clusters. This is direct public support for theatre and related arts, but the promise also requires tax relief and the evidence does not show a dedicated tax-exemption package or full production-and-exhibition grant scheme.

Establish a National Institute for Research and Training in contemporary theatre arts.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Establish a National Film and Television Study Institute for emerging filmmakers and create a National Film Archive.

Why this status: Cabinet has authorised drafting a replacement cinema law whose stated regulatory areas include film conservation and cinema education. This is a relevant early reform step, but it does not establish a National Film and Television Study Institute or a National Film Archive; the pledge remains at an early implementation stage.

Establish a classification board for film and television works to standardize content.

Why this status: The government adopted an official cultural policy or ministerial function that repeats this commitment as a key activity. This is evidence of a live implementation direction, but the source does not prove nationwide completion, so the promise remains in the works.

Modernize cinema halls with an organized plan and ensure that each district has three cinemas.

Why this status: The National Film Corporation has launched a regional initiative to establish and modernize cinema halls, with proposed new halls and modernization projects identified. This is a concrete start on the modernization part of the pledge, but it is not evidence that every district will have three cinemas or that the proposed projects are complete.