COLOMBO (News 1st) – The special salaries commission appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena, to study discrepancies of public sector wages and to formulate a national policy on the matter was gazetted today (August 22).

The Commission comprises of 15 members and is headed by former senior administration officer S. Ranugge while H.G. Sumanasinghe has been appointed as the Secretary of the commission.

The Commission is set to consider the current anomalies in state sector wages and make recommendations on how they could be overcome. Further, the Commission will also investigate means through which they can minimize the anomalies currently affecting the Railway, health, higher education, tertiary education and postal service sectors.

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