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The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe - Deputy Minister

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 9 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions

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At the upcoming Budget, the Government will provide a significant salary increase for public servants in response to current living conditions. The Deputy Minister stated that the increase has already been announced, will be visible when the Budget is presented next month, and is not affected by the IMF agreement.

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¶ 01 Hon. Member, very soon — next month — as we have already announced, at the coming Budget we will clearly provide a significant salary increase for public servants, considering current living conditions. You can see it when the Budget is presented. There is no issue with the IMF agreement on this.

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Hansard, Thursday, 9 January 2025 ·No. 1738229262040729 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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