Video: Will request private sector to increase salaries: Ravi

23 January 2015 12:28 pm

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayke today said that he would request private sector employers to increase the salaries of their employees similar to the salary increase of government sector employees.


“We have no right to ask the private sector to increase salaries of employees. However, we will request the private sector to increase the salaries in line with the state sector. We hope it will happen though unlikely to happen during the 100-day programme,” he said.


The minister said some of the taxes heaped on the private sector would be removed and the benefit should be given to the employees.  (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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