Budgetary Relief Allowance 01 - Enacted on 18th Oct 2005

in the case of a worker whose monthly remuneration is rupees twenty thousand or

below, the allowance payable shall be one thousand rupees

in the case of a worker who is paid a daily rate, the allowance payable shall be a sum of
forty rupees per day for each day he has worked during the month:

Budgetary Relief Allowance 02 – Enacted on 1st May 2015, and 1st January 2016. 

Workers who are covered in terms of the provisions set out in sections 3 (1) and 3
(2) and who are in receipt of a “monthly wages or salary” of less than Rs 40,000/-
per mensem will be entitled to an allowance of; 

1.    Rs 1,500/- per mensem with effect from 1st May 2015, and 

2.    Rs 1,000/- per mensem with effect from 1st January 2016. 

 In the case of workers who are paid a daily rate, the allowance payable shall be; 

1.      a sum of Rs 60/- per day subject to a maximum allowance of Rs 1500/- in

respect of a month with effect from 1st May 2015, AND 

2.      a sum of 40/- per day subject to a maximum allowance of Rs 1000/- in respect
of a month with effect from 1st January 2016, and 

 A worker whose wages or salary for a month exceeds Rs 40,000/-, but does not exceed
Rs 41,500/-, shall be entitled to a monthly allowance of an amount equal to the
difference between Rs 41,500/- and the amount drawn by such worker as wages or
salary for that month. 

E.g., an employee who is in receipt of a salary of Rs 40,500/- per mensem will be

entitled to an allowance of Rs 1000/- per mensem. 
Accordingly, a person who receives a salary of 20,000 or below, now should receive

BRA 01 - 1,000 LKR per month

BRA 02 - 2,500 LKR per month

A person who receives a salary of 40,000 or below, now should receive

BRA 02 - 2,500 LKR per month