Macro economic plans for 2012 budget

Suraj A Bandara

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a series of discussions on budget 2012 held another round of discussions with officials of the Economic Development Ministry at Temple Trees yesterday.

Economic Development Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara explaining a detailed analysis on macro economic plans to be included in the budget proposal, forwarded a set of proposals for the consideration of 2012 budget.

These macro economic policies have been included in the budget proposals aiming to make Sri Lanka to be the main emerging economy in Asia.

Meanwhile, the President attended another discussion with the construction field representatives to give an opportunity to the private sector to propose suggestions for the ongoing budget 2012 at Temple Trees yesterday.

Ministers Basil Rajapaksa, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Wimal Weerawansa, Mahinda Amaraweera and acting Secretary to the President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa also attended the discussion.