Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 -- Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe told Parliament yesterday that the Government has decided to extend the existing pension scheme to public service employees recruited since 2016, which was neglected by all previous Governments. All previous Governments had not implemented this entitlement, which created uncertainty and "pension anomalies" for this group of employees.

Therefore, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during the 2026 Budget speech confirmed that all Government officers recruited after January 1, 2016, are entitled to the existing traditional pension scheme

No previous Government has solved this problem for them.

At least these public servants we...