Rs.10,000 Allowance Given To State Sector Employees To Be Added To Their Basic Salaries In Three Stages From Next January-Prime Minister Wikramasinghe

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe has today (14) announced in Parliament the Rs.10,000 Allowance given to the Government Sector Employees by Previous Government will be added to their Basic Salaries in three stages from Next January.

As an initial step Rs.2000 will be added to the salaries of Government Employees from  Next January Prime Minister has said.Adding the Rs.10,000 Allowance to  Basic Salaries of Government Employees   is one of the major demands of  Trade Unions which earlier planned to launch an Island Wide Strike tomorrow(15).

Prime Minister has also assured government will not scrapped Pensions of Government Employees as stated by some Trade Unions.

The Vehicle Emission Test Fee which has increased to Rs.5000 from the annual budget will be set as Rs.1500 as an interim measure Prime Minister has further stated.