
The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the Budget 2017. This was approved during a special cabinet meeting held this morning.
President Maithripala Sirisena had called an urgent Cabinet meeting this morning at the Presidential Secretariat, ahead of the presenting of the 2017 Budget to Parliament.
The purpose of the meeting had been to discuss the budget speech which will be delivered by the Minister of Finance at around 2.00pm in the Parliament today (10).



















