Kabir defends 2016 economic performance
- Says Govt. has managed to improve loss-making State enterprises
By Chathuri Dissanayake
Lobbying to silence critics on the Government’s performance in developing the economy of the country, Minister Kabir Hashim yesterday claimed that despite the drop in the economic growth rate for 2016, Sri Lanka has been able to perform well in the face of a global economic slowdown with minimum impact.