State sector employees will receive a salary increase of around Rs. 10,000 from 2024 budget, said government sources.
An estimated 1.5 million workers will begin receiving the hiked salaries from January.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told his ministers on 30 October that the budget would propose to raise the salaries of all state sector workers.
He asked the private sector to follow suit and provide a salary increase for its workers.
The budget for next year, Wickremesinghe’s third, will be presented to parliament on 13 November.
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