President, PM differ on agricultural planning!

Jan 11, 2016

The president is of the view that the upliftment of agriculture should be prioritized when planning economic affairs for the next five years, but the prime minister wants to abandon agriculture and instead focus on an industries and services based economy.

Here, the president sees the importance of achieving growth in agriculture, industries and services sectors.

The economic programme of the president based on the first year in office was to be launched under the title ‘A Maithri rule, stable country, macroeconomic development’. Also, a presidential task force has been established to develop agriculture, and its head is Rohana Dissanayake, additional secretary to the president.

Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Economic Forum, held recently in Colombo on a concept by prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed the global economic outlook and strategies for uplifting Sri Lanka’s economy. The focus was on developing industries.

Participating in the forum was the world renowned, former chief economist at the World Bank, Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz.