Public sector salaries ‘to be increased through budget’

COLOMBO: President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Cabinet of Ministers that steps have been taken to increase the salaries of government employees through the 2024 Budget, Ada Derana reported.

The President has said that a request will be made for the private sector also to follow suit.

The President had expressed these views at the Cabinet meeting he chaired at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

The president has also said that he will request an increase in the salaries of the private sector compared to the rise in the wages of government employees.

The President mentioned that it is the incumbent government’s policy to raise the wages of the working people in a background where the prices of goods are increasing daily.

He had further said before the Cabinet that knowing that the government is working to increase the salaries of government employees, certain groups, including Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), are trying to claim that it happened due to their influence.