Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has as­sured nurs­es, teach­ers and oth­er pub­lic sec­tor work­ers still await­ing the con­clu­sion of salary ne­go­ti­a­tions that fi­nan­cial re­lief is on the way. How­ev­er, the nec­es­sary mon­e­tary al­lo­ca­tion will be made in the 2026/2027 bud­get pack­age.

Pi­lot­ing the mo­tion for the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives to adopt the re­port of the Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee this morn­ing, Tan­coo said pro­vi­sions for out­stand­ing wage set­tle­ments would be in­clud­ed in the 2027 Bud­get once on­go­ing ne­go­ti­a­tions and cal­cu­la­tions are com­plet­ed.

Ad­dress­ing work­ers anx­ious­ly await­ing set­tle­ments, Tan­coo said Gov­ern­ment was com­mit­ted to ho­n­our­ing its oblig­a­tions.