The monthly salaries of the public sector employees to be paid in two instalments have been fixed for January 25 and 26, the Ministry of Finance announced, following weeks of dispute on the matter amidst the financial situation befallen the country.
Accordingly, the monthly salaries of non-executive grade state sector employees will be paid on January 25, 2023 and the salaries of executive grade employees, on the same date or the following date, January 26, 2023, revealed State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
The move to delay the salaries of public sector employees was taken as part of the government’s new income plan for this year which requires a certain period of time to accumulate the expected income, and President Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance put forward a proposal to manage the government’s expenditure by resorting to such drastic measures in compliance with the Cabinet approval received by the Treasury.
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