Given the circumstances – the economy moving to a position of less than full employment, with labour shortages lessening and reduced pressure on prices for raw material inputs – this ought to be the time when we can add to the dwelling stock without a major run-up in prices.
We are also making big leaps in developing the country’s payment system even as we continuously improve the existing arrangements. Today, we are capable of producing 43 million pieces of high quality currency notes per month, up from just 6.5 million pieces 25 years ago. We also produce 200 million pieces of coins per month.