Budget 2025: No plans to further revise public sector salaries and allowances

The Finance Ministry says there are no plans to revise public sector salaries and other allowance scales apart from what has been announced through Budget 2025. 

A senior Finance Ministry source said that the increases in basic salaries and other allowances for public servants through Budget 2025 were done after extensive discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

"The government has given the maximum amount it can give at present. If we are to go beyond that, it would require revisiting the agreement signed with the IMF, which we cannot do," the official insisted. 

The source added that basic salaries and allowances including Over-Time payments had been calculated "to the maximum amount possible at present." 

He was speaking in the backdrop of the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) warning of trade union action over what it claims is the reduction of allowances for government medical officers in this year's budget. 

The official claimed that certain health sector trade unions, including those representing doctors and nurses had misunderstood what's in the budget, and opined it was unfair for them to warn of trade union action even before their salaries came under the new budget. "If there are any issues, talk to us after the salaries are depositied and we will see then. However, we don't believe there is any issue that needs to be revised," he stressed.