Bonanza for Govt. pensioners
Pension anomalies of public servants will be rectified with this
month’s pension and pensioners will receive an additional payment
ranging from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 10,000 with their August pension tomorrow
(10).
This payment is a sequel to a decision taken by the government on the
direction of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to add the increased
payment due to pensioners under Circular 6/2006 on rectification of
pension anomalies to this month’s pension payment on August 10.
On the direction of the Prime Minister, the Treasury has already
released Rs. 1.5 billion for the additional payment, which will benefit
337,000 public servants who had retired from service, according to
Pensions Department sources.
Approval had been given to amend the pension payment according to the
salary structure operated from January1, 2006 by a Public Administrative
Circular No.16/2015 issued on June 25, 2015.
Despite pensioners’ continuous appeals for over 10 years, the
previous regime failed to rectify the payment of anomalies, the sources
said. |