A minister has emphasized the need to increase industrial production. This comes as a challenge is posed in utilizing the country's economic size to create more jobs and value. The economy's size is now larger due to rebasing, but its underlying structure remains unchanged. Manufacturing contributes a relatively small portion to the economy.
Further details on this issue are available from the source.
The minister, who chairs a work group focused on industrial development, made these comments at a recent meeting, highlighting the importance of building the economy's productive capacity.
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