Sri Lanka, March 20 -- The E-population Registry should be put into action soon, as it could save a lot of expenditure for the government, Non-Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology Ajith P. Perera said in Parliament yesterday.

He said, "the E-Population Registry has been implemented but the work related to it isn't been carried out. The needed information can be registered into one database, with a population of 21 million, from which 15 million are registered with the Election Commission while the rest aren't because of the inconvenience involved. This can be avoided if the register is digitalized".

He added, "over 5000 students will get the opportunity to obtain a loan to pursue an IT degree in any gove...