Decision on suspended retirement allowance

Recently, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was investigated for not giving the proposed monthly interim allowance of 3,000 rupees to the pensioners. Accordingly, the president had informed the treasury officials to give the related money to the pension department.

According to those instructions, the Treasury Operations Department has given an allocation of 2,021 million rupees to the Pension Department for this month on behalf of 679,960 pensioners.

As a result, the Retirement Salary Department will release the monthly interim allowance of 3,000 rupees to all pensioners from today (16).

The bank accounts of the pensioners who receive their pension through public and private banks will be credited today, while the pensioners who receive their pension through post offices and educational institutions will be able to receive their pension the next day (18).