The same pension to Chandrika - amount Rs 97,000/-

The same pension to Chandrika - amount Rs 97,000/-

The President's pension had been increased  on 2007/07/01 as Rs 97,000/-This amount had been paid to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from the first month after he was defeated.

However the monthly pension of the former president Chandrika Kumaratunga had been static at Rs 25,000/- The increase had not been paid to her yet. A cabinet paper in the form of a proposal submitted has been passed to pay former president Chandrika Kumaratunga a sum of Rs 97.000/- from the 01st January 2016 it is reported.