The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji said the government continues to cut the civil service operating expenditure which is a positive sign.
Sada Reddy said this would result in higher allocation to capital expenditure, which is much needed for growth and development.
Numerous requests have been made to the government for duty concessions by a number of sectors following the devaluation of the Fiji dollar.
Permanent Secretary for Finance John Prasad said a number of options need to be weighed as far as government revenue is concerned to ensure that income continues to rise.
Prasad also revealed that up to August this year, operating expenditure continues to take a big chunk of the tax dollars leaving about 14 percent for capital expenditure.
Prasad also said a number of capital projects are lined up for this year and this is expected to be implemented within the set budget.
John Prasad also said the government's aim is to have a balanced budget by 2012 and have a ratio of operating to capital expenditure to 75 to 25.
Prasad said civil service reforms will be accelerated from 2010, to reduce the operating expenditure adding cabinet has already approved the Finance Ministry working with each ministry to ensure that the overall objectives are achieved.
He said issues like the 42,000 people currently on the different payroll systems for government are being analyzed, to look at where the labour is sitting in each ministry and the costs attached to them.
