The Mahinda Chintana – Vision towards a new Sri Lanka – aims to integrate the positive attributes of market economic policies with domestic aspirations by providing necessary support to domestic enterprises and by encouraging foreign investments. The new development strategy builds on the positive aspects of the past policies while trying to address their limitations, weaknesses and lapses to improve growth prospects with equitable development in the country, placing special emphasis on the needs of lagging regions. Based on this strategy, a long term development programme spanning the period from 2006 – 2016 has been prepared. This document presents the policy framework for all the development sectors and geographical regions of the country. It also explores the broader macro-economic perspectives for the next ten years. The detailed projections underlying the broader economic indicators presented therein are based on the view that Sri Lanka will steadily strengthen its position as a newly emerging economy through the acceleration of broad based growth, covering regions and segments of the society, exploitation of new areas of growth in agriculture, industry and services with increased domestic value addition, and providing necessary skills and support within a consistent policy framework to promote local entrepreneurial skills and initiatives.