State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said that the budget presented this year will increase the salaries of public servants. He mentioned that President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the Minister of Finance, has given instructions on this matter, and according to this, the increase in salaries of public servants will definitely happen.
However, he said that it is not possible to say how much the salary of the public servants will be increased, because the amount of salary increase will be decided in the meeting of the cabinet which will be held the day before the presentation of the budget.