All set to present the new budget tomorrow, President double checks with related officials
The first budget of the new national government for the year 2016 is to be presented at the Parliament tomorrow. President Maithripala Sirisena had discussed the finer points of the budget to be presented with the related officials at the Presidential secretariat today.
It is reported that the President had discussed the 2016 budget proposals at length with the related authorities.
The 2016 budget proposals would be read by the Minister of Finance on the 20th instant for the second time.At this meeting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of development strategies and international relations Malick Samarawickrema, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Arjun Mahendran and the secretary to the ministry of Finance RHS.Samaratunga and many other related officials had participated.