Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the Employees Provident Fund Act will be amended to allow beneficiaries to obtain 30% of the fund according to their needs. The Minister made these remarks at the monthly meeting of the Labour Advisory Council held on Monday. At present, only 30% of the provident fund beneficiaries’ have been released for housing or related treatment or for medical treatment. It was pointed out that due to complexity in regulations, the applicants had to submit a number of special documents to obtain the funds, whilst various corruptions, irregularities and fraudule…