Courtesy The Daily Mirror

Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- The government is planning to fill approximately 30,000 existing vacancies within the public service and to allocate necessary funds in the upcoming budget.

This was revealed during the Anuradhapura District Coordination Committee meeting held today at the Anuradhapura District Secretariat.
 
Delays in recruitment due to technical procedures, including interview processes, were also discussed in the meeting, emphasising the need for an unified human resource management within the public service.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who attended the meeting disclosed that proposals to provide a fair basic salary increase to public officials and to resolve pension disparities within three years will be included in this year’s budget.

The President emphasised that the government is taking steps to strengthen the public service as a right of the citizen and a responsibility of public officials.

Highlighting the dissatisfaction among citizens regarding the current public service, the President stated that the government aims to deliver efficient services to citizens through the digitization of government services.

The President revealed that efforts are underway to establish an accurate data system for the public service by June and pointed out the significant complexity in the current volume of data within the public service, which hampers the ability to make precise decisions.