The ‘Yahapalanaya’ regime will proceed further unaffected from any trade union action executed with the aim of creating inconvenience, Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.
He was speaking at the International Family Health Services Day at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre yesterday. The minister was bestowed with an award by the Government Midwifery Services Association to evaluate his services towards the health sector.
The minister said that the present Government was able to increase the salaries of state sector employees by 10,000 after 11 years along with all other benefits provided to them, while the previous regime failed to do so. withholding illegally earned money has been traced and legal action would be taken against the offenders soon, he added.