Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has an­nounced a 10 per cent pay in­crease for pub­lic ser­vants, as the Gov­ern­ment moves to set­tle long-out­stand­ing wage ne­go­ti­a­tions.

"For far too long, our pub­lic of­fi­cers, the back­bone of our na­tion’s work­force, have been made to car­ry the weight of the for­mer Gov­ern­ment’s ne­glect and in­dif­fer­ence," Tan­coo said. "This Gov­ern­ment is tak­ing this bold and his­toric step to re­store jus­tice, dig­ni­ty and re­spect to the hard-work­ing men and women of the pub­lic ser­vice."

He said the re­vised of­fer cov­ers the pe­ri­ods 2014–2016 and 2017–2019. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar in­struct­ed the Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer to make the new pro­pos­al to the Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion.