NEW YEAR BONANZA Rs. 16b economic stimulus and concession package

The Government yesterday offered Rs.16 billion stimulative economic package to the consumers to ensure best performance in the commercial agriculture, industrial and services sectors, in the form of a ‘mini budget’ to benefit the entire country in 2009 that dawns tomorrow. Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa along with the key Ministers in the Government briefed the media about this stimulative package after the special Cabinet meeting convened by the President yesterday at 6.30 p.m in which the ‘mini budget’ was unanimously endorsed after it was presented to the Cabinet by the President.