COPF recommends Central Bank to postpone salary hike

20 March 2024 10:06 am Views - 1797

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Parliament, March 20 (Daily Mirror)- The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) today recommended in its report that the Central Bank postpones the salary increase of its employees.

COPF chairman Dr. Harsha De Silva informed Parliament that a committee should be appointed by the Finance Minister with the agreement of the Central Bank Governor to look into the salary hike of the Central Bank emoloyees and to suspend the salary hike until the report is submitted.

The Chairman said the report of the committee should be submitted within four weeks.