Development Budget, says SSU Chairman

The 2011 Budget presented by President Mahinda Rajapaksa targets development in Sri Lanka. It is also a Budget with focus on people in the State and the private sectors, State Service Union (SSU) Chairman W H Piyadasa said addressing a press conference at the Western Province Governor's Office yesterday. The complicated tax system has been simplified from this Budget.

It provides relief for everyone. This Budget will reduce the inflation rate from 28 percent to five percent, he added.

The Budget will help solve unemployment, said All Island State Management Assistants Organization Chairman W G Muthubanda.

He said this Budget moves away from being a traditional Budget and they hope to discuss matters concerning salary anomalies with the Government.

Labour Federation Chairman D M D Abeyaratne also spoke.