11 ministries get secretaries over 60 years of age

Secretaries who have retired and are over the age of 60 have been appointed to 11 ministries. Ports and Aviation Ministry Secretary K.V.P.R. de Silva, Resettlement Ministry Secretary M.B. Dissanayake, Youth Affairs Ministry Secretary S.S. Hewapathirana, Public Administration Ministry Secretary D. Dissanayake, Cabinet Ministers’ Office Secretary S. Abeysinghe, Presidential Secretary S.C. Weeratunge, Media Ministry Secretary W.B. Ganegala, Sports Ministry Secretary S. Liyanagama, Education Ministry Secretary S.S. Sirisena, Cultural and National Heritage Ministry Secretary Wimal Rubasinghe and Labor Ministry Secretary M. Madihahewa are secretaries who are over 60 years of age.

  Ministry secretaries who retired before 2007 are entitled to receive the salary they were drawing at the time and other special allowances and the secretaries who retried after 2007 are entitled to only half month of their last drawn salary.

All these secretaries are paid a special allowance of Rs. 15,000, cost of living allowance, fuel allowance of Rs. 20,000, mobile, residence and office phones, are paid by the state.