To accelerate development:

Bills before House from April to Nov

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The Government has taken a decision to present all required Bills in Parliament and obtain approval between April 22 and November 18 to prepare the background for speedy economic development, Export Development and International Trade Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris said.

According to Minister Peiris, the Government has now received an opportunity to develop the country's economy and this is an opportunity which the country did not have for the past 20 years. At the moment the foreign reserves of Sri Lanka has reached around US$ 5.3 billion and the country is capable of importing food required for seven months. The per capita income of Sri Lanka has gone up to US$ 2300 only during past five years and it took 11 years to increase it up to US$ 1,000.