Press Release for salaries and allowances paid to war hero families
April 09, 2021Issuing a Press Release with regard to the salaries and allowances paid to the families of the disabled war heroes, the Defence Ministry said today (April 9) that a Cabinet paper has been submitted to the Cabinet seeking approval to pay lifetime salaries and allowances to dependents during the rest of the life upon death of the disabled war heroes.
This will also enable the dependents of the fallen war heroes to receive their salaries and allowances during the rest of their life.
It also says that staging demonstrations are pointless since the request of the war hero families would be met.
The Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne has briefed those war hero wives comprehensively at the Ministry premises on Public Day (April 7) regarding the on-going process while presenting correspondences involved, the Press Release added.
