Pensioners to get Rs. 3,000 monthly interim allowance from next week

11 October 2024 03:06 pm Views - 2374

Colombo, October 11 (Daily Mirror)- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials of the Ministry of Finance to take necessary action to provide a monthly interim allowance of Rs. 3,000 to all pensioners from next week.

After reviewing the delay in adding the Rs. 3,000 allowance to the October pension, the President directed that this amount be credited to the pensioners' accounts within the next week, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.