Colombo : Sri Lanka According to a media report, the army will participate in an agricultural campaign aimed at cultivating over 1,500 acres of barren and abandoned state land to increase food production and address any future shortfalls.
army Sri Lanka, facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948, on Thursday set up its Green Agriculture Steering Committee (GASC) to supplement and promote food security programmes.
The economic crisis has led to a severe shortage of essential items such as food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, forcing Sri Lankans to queue up outside shops for hours to buy fuel and cooking gas.
The emergency project, to be launched in early July as a supporting mechanism for the government’s agriculture campaign, is being led by Army Commander Lt Gen Vikum Lianage. The Chief of Staff, Major General Jagat Kodithuvakku, is on hand to oversee the entire project.
The Army will first prepare the land by weeding, plowing and preparing beds for cultivation of selected seed varieties in consultation with agricultural experts, Newsfirst.lk reported on Friday.
All security force headquarters and formations across the country are currently examining the possibilities of adding weight to the task at the regional level.
At the regional level, state lands would be identified in coordination with the respective governors, district and divisional secretariats, land officers and village service officers, the report said.
Sri Lanka has decided to import 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from India under credit line PM Ranili to check abnormal rise in rice prices Wickremesinghe said on Thursday, as the island nation grapples with an imminent food shortage.
The decision was taken after discussions held in the Prime Minister’s Office to allocate funds to the State Business Corporation under the Indian Debt Assistance Program, news portal Economicnext reported.
In March, India extended a $1 billion line of credit to the cash-strapped Sri Lankan government to deal with the current economic turmoil as well as food shortages.
After an agreement was signed to extend the credit line, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India has always stood by the people of Sri Lanka and will continue to extend all possible support to the country.
President in April 2021 Gotabaya Rajapakse Announced a ban on chemical fertilisers, which dealt a severe blow to the production of rice and other essential food items.
Before the fertilizer ban Sri Lanka was self-sufficient in rice production. The situation was further exacerbated by a severe shortage of foreign exchange reserves, which meant that the Sri Lankan economy would be headed for a tailspin.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe recently said Parliament Sri Lanka will need $5 billion to ensure that people’s daily lives are not disrupted for the next six months.
The nearly bankrupt country, coupled with an acute foreign exchange crisis that resulted in foreign debt defaults, announced in April that it would suspend foreign debt repayments of about $7 billion for this year out of about $25 billion due by 2026. Used to be.
Sri Lanka’s total external debt is $51 billion.
Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Friday that Sri Lanka is awaiting official confirmation from India on a new credit line that will allow the cash-starved country to supply petrol and diesel for the next four months.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said a new credit line provided by India will support the cash-starved island nation’s fuel purchases for the next four months from July, even as LPG of 3,500 metric tonnes The shipment reached Sri Lanka.
army Sri Lanka, facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948, on Thursday set up its Green Agriculture Steering Committee (GASC) to supplement and promote food security programmes.
The economic crisis has led to a severe shortage of essential items such as food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, forcing Sri Lankans to queue up outside shops for hours to buy fuel and cooking gas.
The emergency project, to be launched in early July as a supporting mechanism for the government’s agriculture campaign, is being led by Army Commander Lt Gen Vikum Lianage. The Chief of Staff, Major General Jagat Kodithuvakku, is on hand to oversee the entire project.
The Army will first prepare the land by weeding, plowing and preparing beds for cultivation of selected seed varieties in consultation with agricultural experts, Newsfirst.lk reported on Friday.
All security force headquarters and formations across the country are currently examining the possibilities of adding weight to the task at the regional level.
At the regional level, state lands would be identified in coordination with the respective governors, district and divisional secretariats, land officers and village service officers, the report said.
Sri Lanka has decided to import 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from India under credit line PM Ranili to check abnormal rise in rice prices Wickremesinghe said on Thursday, as the island nation grapples with an imminent food shortage.
The decision was taken after discussions held in the Prime Minister’s Office to allocate funds to the State Business Corporation under the Indian Debt Assistance Program, news portal Economicnext reported.
In March, India extended a $1 billion line of credit to the cash-strapped Sri Lankan government to deal with the current economic turmoil as well as food shortages.
After an agreement was signed to extend the credit line, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India has always stood by the people of Sri Lanka and will continue to extend all possible support to the country.
President in April 2021 Gotabaya Rajapakse Announced a ban on chemical fertilisers, which dealt a severe blow to the production of rice and other essential food items.
Before the fertilizer ban Sri Lanka was self-sufficient in rice production. The situation was further exacerbated by a severe shortage of foreign exchange reserves, which meant that the Sri Lankan economy would be headed for a tailspin.
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe recently said Parliament Sri Lanka will need $5 billion to ensure that people’s daily lives are not disrupted for the next six months.
The nearly bankrupt country, coupled with an acute foreign exchange crisis that resulted in foreign debt defaults, announced in April that it would suspend foreign debt repayments of about $7 billion for this year out of about $25 billion due by 2026. Used to be.
Sri Lanka’s total external debt is $51 billion.
Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Friday that Sri Lanka is awaiting official confirmation from India on a new credit line that will allow the cash-starved country to supply petrol and diesel for the next four months.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said a new credit line provided by India will support the cash-starved island nation’s fuel purchases for the next four months from July, even as LPG of 3,500 metric tonnes The shipment reached Sri Lanka.