Police personnel’s salaries will be increased by 23 percent this year, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara said.
He said Police personnel’s salaries were increased by 40 percent last year.
He said 17 percent was increased last year.
The IGP said the balance of the increment would be granted withing two months with the arrears.
He said there are around 100,000 personnel in the Police. It was for the first time in history that the salary of the Police was increased by 40 percent, he said.