30 October 2023 06:34 pm Views - 2416
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured a pay hike to all public servants from the budget 2023.
The President has given this assurance to the Cabinet, according to sources from the Presidential Secretariat.
“The President also assured that he shall make a request for a pay hike for the private sector workers as well from next year,” sources said.
Mr. Wickremesinghe has also informed the Cabinet that the move by the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (National Peoples Power) to take the credit for the pay hike is baseless. NPP-sponsored picketing campaigns were seen outside some state offices.
He had informed the ministers that the government policy would be to grant salary increments to public servants in a situation where prices of essential goods are increased.
The President is expected to present the budget for the year 2023 on November 13.(Yohan Perera)