In a press briefing held on the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) immediately (16), below the theme ‘Collective path to a steady nation’, State Minister of House Affairs, Mr. Ashoka Priyantha, highlighted the overarching imaginative and prescient of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The President’s major purpose is to foster an surroundings the place each citizen can take pleasure in an enhanced high quality of life by way of meticulous management of commodity costs and a concerted effort to extend manufacturing.
Addressing the impression of rising commodity costs, State Minister Priyantha emphasised the broad-ranging penalties affecting not solely authorities staff however your complete public. He assured that aid measures are anticipated within the first quarter of the upcoming yr.
Reflecting on the discussions surrounding the just lately offered 2024 price range by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, State Minister Priyantha drew consideration to the particular challenges confronted by public servants, together with issues about salaries and the difficulties related to inflation. The difficulty can’t be resolved solely by rising wages.
As a authorities, it needs to be delicate to the stress persons are below. Accordingly, the President and the Cupboard paid particular consideration to the matter and elevated the salaries of presidency staff by Rs. 10,000 and enhancements to varied social welfare advantages, significantly these benefiting retirees. Notably, efforts have been directed in the direction of expediting pension processing occasions, with plans to cut back the period from three months to a extra environment friendly one or two weeks.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s overarching goal, as outlined within the 2024 price range, is to successfully handle commodity costs and stimulate elevated manufacturing, finally cultivating an surroundings conducive to an improved high quality of life for all residents. The State Minister expressed optimism a couple of beneficial financial state of affairs within the first quarter of the upcoming yr consistent with the budgetary provisions.
Moreover, he highlighted key elements of the present yr’s price range, together with a concentrate on instructional reforms, institution of recent universities and the rehabilitation of deteriorating infrastructure corresponding to roads. Enough monetary provisions have been allotted to assist these initiatives, forming the important basis for the nation’s financial improvement. The State Minister appealed for the collective assist of the general public in realizing these transformative measures.
PMD
