Infrastructure development, health, education and better service delivery will be the focus of the budget – Prof. Prasad

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the government’s focus for the upcoming national budget will be continuing to improve infrastructure, development, health, education, and service delivery.

While speaking to the media after the budget consultation at Rishikul Sanatan College Hall, Professor Prasad says on the economic side, they will continue with the drive for diversification, focusing on agriculture, new industries, and incentives for BPOs.

He says they would be pretty blunt about what different agencies and ministries ought to do because budget allocations are for a particular purpose, and they expect ministries to implement and ensure that the money is utilized and the services are delivered.

The Minister for Finance says they will also look at moving funds from one ministry to another, in terms of the assessment that they make.

The budget consultation will continue on the 22nd of this month at Korovuto College in Nadi from 6pm to 8pm, then they will move to the Girmit Centre in Lautoka on the 23rd from 6pm to 8pm.

The consultation team will be at Yaroi Village Hall, Savusavu, on the 25th from 9.30am to 12.30pm and the Dreketi Central College Hall from 4pm to 6.30pm.

The team will then travel to Labasa on the 26th to hold the consultation at the Seaqaqa Sanatan Hall from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.

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