General (Reitred) Nanda Mallawaarachchi Major has been appointed as the Director General of the government’s Multipurpose Development Task Force, says the President’s Media Division (PMD). This appointment comes weeks after the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to establish a Multipurpose Development Task Force as a Government Department enabling to provide 100,000 employment opportunities for qualified low income youth.