Government Is Expected To Tighten Belts During Next Three Years

In this correspondence, the Financial Secretary Ali Mansoor said that Mauritius has been hit hard by the financial crisis in Europe is our main export market. The context for the preparation of PBB is extremely difficult and very tight leeway, he says.

Officials of the departments of the public are invited not to embark on new projects, to settle the minimum. Unless these new projects are financed by changing departmental priorities. Which implies the withdrawal of certain programs for the benefit of others. New projects are permissible only if they are financed by users. 

The only expense to provide exceptional is funding the salary recommendations of the Pay Research Bureau (PRB) for civil servants, therefore the implementation is expected to 2013. With these constraints, it is requested that the public and semi-public bodies not to recruit additional staff, unless it is essential expertise that can help achieve the identified objectives. 

These objectives should be achieved by rid of old practices and unnecessary procedures, it is pointed out in the statement. Similarly, we must also get rid of expensive projects but have little impact and establish simple procedures to make the public agencies and "user friendly . "