Bonanza for Govt. pensioners [August 09 2015]

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.