Economy

‘Digital technology is the way forward’ says Minister Hassan

Minister Naadir Hassan headed a delegation from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade on a visit to the Fetch & JOBO.sc showroom at Providence, on Tuesday 08th June 2021.Being a fervent believer in adopting technology to work eff…

Seychelles and Bahrain seek to strengthen economic cooperation

The Kingdom of Bahrain and Seychelles will explore ways to strengthen economic cooperation and boost relations between them.This came out during talks between the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade Naadir Hassan and the new ambassador of…

Staff of SRC upgrade their knowledge on HS Codes

Staff from the Seychelles Revenue Commission (Customs Division) have received further training on the Harmonised System (HS).The training which was conducted between 14th and 28th May, focused on improving SRC’s capacity to classify traded goods with t…

Business continuity amid ongoing health crisis!

The Seychelles Planning Authority operates under the Town and Country Planning Act to exercise statutory physical planning functions for the country.The authority has its budget but falls under the purview of the Ministry of Lands and Housing as its pa…

Cabinet Business – Wednesday 02nd June 2021

President Wavel Ramkalawan today, Wednesday 2nd June, chaired a virtual meeting of the Cabinet at which a number of legal and policy memoranda were considered.Cabinet approved Consultancy project on the Mapping and Integration of the Know About Busines…

Ministry set up Task Force to review Clearing process

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade has set up a ‘task force’ to improve the current clearing procedures in place.The task force met for the first time on Tuesday 01st June, with Minister Naadir Hassan.Minister Hassan has said ‘it is o…

2022 Budget Process is underway

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade has kick started the 2022 Budget process.Throughout this week, officials from the Ministry have had virtual meetings with Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs), which are budget dependent.The …

Cabinet Business – Wednesday 26th May 2021

President Wavel Ramkalawan yesterday, Wednesday 26th May, chaired a virtual meeting of the Cabinet at which a number of legal and policy memoranda were considered.Cabinet approved amendments to Schedules 4 and 5 of SI 1 of 2015 Revenue Administration (…