The government will take steps to establish a separate salary structure for the Police Department in next year’s budget, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala said.
Addressing the Parliament today, Minister Wijepala informed that the government has, however, taken steps to increase the salaries of Police Officers this year.
Briefing the Parliament on the current salary hike, the minister said the basic salary of a Police Constable, which is Rs. 29,540, will be increased to Rs. 44,293 this year.
He further outlined the following salary increments for various ranks in the Police Force;
- Police Constable: Rs. 6,182 increase
- Police Sergeant: Rs. 6,441.54 increase
- Sub-Inspector (SI): Rs. 6,551.72 increase
- Inspector (IP): Rs. 7,040.24 increase
- Chief Inspector (CI): Rs. 7,655.74 increase
- Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP): Rs. 8,244.11 increase
- Superintendent of Police (SP) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP): Rs. 9,925 increase
- Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and Senior DIG: Rs. 11,118 increase
- Inspector General of Police (IGP): Rs. 13,223 increase (Islandnews)
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