Dookhoo welcomes budget, says private sector incentives paying off

Ramesh Dookhoo

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo welcomed this year’s $192.8 billion national budget, saying that measures taken in 2011 to address needs of the private sector have borne fruit, while calling for continued incentives.
In an invited comment yesterday, Dookhoo, who cautioned that his statement was preliminary, stated that he was happy that GDP growth for 2011 was 5.4 per cent, adding that it was good for a stable exchange rate to be maintained.

Dookhoo said the PSC executive is