𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 - 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰-𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

The 6th meeting of the Public-Private Joint Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. the Hon. Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development saw the participation of around 50 representatives of the private sector in the presence of the Chairman of EDB, Mr. Hemraj Ramnial, CSK, the Vice-Chairman of EDB, Mr. Issa Soormally and the Chief Executive Officer of the EDB, Mr. Ken Poonoosamy.

In his address, the Minister emphasised the significance of the continuous dialogue with private sector to timely identify major obstacles and come up with appropriate solutions to these obstacles. He recalled that the government is keen to address the major hurdles faced by the private sectors including increasing cost of production, elevated inflation, volatile exchange rate and labour shortages.