President Ranil Wickremesinghe, acting in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization & National Policies, has established an Independent Remuneration Committee tasked with reviewing the salary raise of the Central Bank. This initiative follows a recommendation outlined in the CoPF report regarding the revision of salaries at the CBSL.
The Independent Remuneration Committee comprises Dinesh Stephen Weerakkody, Arjuna Herath, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sudharma Karunarathne, Anthony Nihal Fonseka, Anushka S. Wijesinha, and Duminda Hulangamuwa.
The committee’s primary objective is to scrutinize the contentious salary increment in alignment with the recommendations delineated in the CoPF report concerning the CBSL salary revision.