Cabinet approves payment of govt. employee retirement gratuity

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Cabinet approval was granted for the payment of the retirement gratuity of government employees, which was delayed until now, the Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said.

Accordingly, approval for the payment of retirement gratuity relating to the year 2021 was granted. The Treasury Department of Pensions has also stated that the necessary funds for the payment will be made available by end October this year.

The approval has also been given to provide the amount of funds required for the payment of the pension gratuity due for the year 2022 to the Pension Department within 6 months.

Also, the cabinet has approved the appointment of a seven-member committee to study and submit a proposal on the sustainability of the retirement gratuity payment system.

The cabinet has also decided that the report with the recommendations of this committee should be submitted within a month by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies.

Due to the recent economic instability in the country, the government has not been able to pay the pension gratuity to government officials on their retirement. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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Comments - 5

Ram Wednesday, 07 September 2022 02:52 PM

These monies must be in the budget to be set aside every year in an account like EPF so that payments can be made without difficulty. Now print money and pay

Anne Karunaratne Wednesday, 07 September 2022 07:22 PM

Most government servants hardly do any work but their perks are in abundance! We the poor people pay for those by way of taxes!!

Gangapala Baranagama Thursday, 08 September 2022 07:41 AM

What about kappama? pagaman? Seeni Hora? Kabaraya?

G.M. Gamage (Retired Principal) Thursday, 08 September 2022 08:28 AM

Meantime, Hon. Prime Minister look into the plight of Pensioners who are affected badly due to the ongoing crisis. Please get us some relief.

Ranjan Thursday, 08 September 2022 08:46 PM

You came to solve the country situation or to look after on behalf of Parliament members

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