President announces salary hike for Govt. employees in budget

SouzA Thursday, 21 November 2024 01:09 PM

Funds from where? Taxing of the people, cut down benefits from Parliamentarians and unwanted govt servents, foreign funds, exports or ……

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Seniors Thursday, 21 November 2024 02:00 PM

Everyone is only concerned about the government staff who have innumerable benefits! Pensioners are also thought of but Nobody is bothered about the senior citizens who depend on the monthly interest on their meagre lifelong savings which they cannot even enjoy but will be leaving behind for their children to enjoy! How unfair is this??!!

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Romesh Thursday, 21 November 2024 02:26 PM

If you are going to keep adding to government expenditure how are you going to finance it? It has to be either from increased taxes or market borrowings. Increasing taxes will dampen the economy. Increasing borrowings will destroy it. The root of all sri lanka's economic problems is the salary bill of government employees it is 80% of tax revenues. Deal with the root. Reduce the 1.5mn government employees amount bring that cost down, sell off or close down the loss making government entities. You are already failed AKD. You are doing the same as your predecessors.

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Sumal Thursday, 21 November 2024 02:34 PM

Instead focus on increasing performance and efficiency. After that increase salary of people who exhibit performance and efficiency.

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Citizens Thursday, 21 November 2024 02:59 PM

The government institutes should work hard and generate income to cover their expenses and increase the revenue to the government. They should be streamlined and set targets. Otherwise the tax payers money will be wasted. If a country to develop the tax payers money should be effectively invested in the projects which will generate income and make the public to work efficiently. Avoid wasting time on the roads and sleep peacefully so they will be ready for the next day challenge.

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sam Thursday, 21 November 2024 03:48 PM

Good for them. What about the others and the unemployed??

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rohan Thursday, 21 November 2024 04:32 PM

What about private sector employers. are we robots not humans. Try to reduce cost of living to make everybody comfortable. in german government servants ratio is 250/1 but in srilanka 25/1 so you trying to government servats happy because they have given 80% in favour of NPP. This is discrimination against private sector employers.

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DOT Thursday, 21 November 2024 04:40 PM

Taking loan and increasing salaries and giving subsidies!

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SRILANKAN Thursday, 21 November 2024 06:21 PM

AKD If wages are to be raised, the government would need to ensure that this is sustainable and doesn't lead to higher inflation

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X Tax Friday, 22 November 2024 02:06 AM

Better give a tax reduction so that all wage owners benefit

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Uganda Kumari Friday, 22 November 2024 02:11 AM

Bags of money all ready to be brought back from Uganda. We are waiting for the Sri Lankan airline air buses to be repaired and put out for flying again

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