The Cabinet of Ministers has granted its consent to the proposal forwarded by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies for the elimination of anomalies in pensions in the government service.
Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dr.Bandula Gunawardhana yesterday said that a certain group of pensioners have
experienced anomalies due to various policy decisions taken by the Cabinet of Ministers as well as the salary revisions carried out from time to time by the government.
It has been observed that the government officers who retired from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2020 have anomalies and relief can be bestowed for around 83,000 retired government officials by eliminating that anomaly.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted their consent to revise the pension of those retired officers so that an increase of Rs.2,500 to the maximum is received based on the total salary as per schedule No. I of Public Administration Circular No. 03/2016 dated February 25, 2016.