KUWAIT: The public sector’s payroll is expected to reach KD 13 billion in the next three years, making up 70 percent of this year’s state budget of KD 19 billion, Al-Rai reported yesterday. Last year’s payroll reached KD 6.2 billion.

A comparison shows that salaries of ministries’ employees jumped by six folds in the past 24 years. The government is growing concerned regarding the continued growth in the public sector’s payroll, especially in light of the fact that the state’s budget has entered actual deficit, sources said. —Al-Rai