Shipment of 11,000 MT of rice arrives in Sri Lanka

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A consignment of 11,000 metric tonnes of rice arrived in Sri Lanka today (April 12) under the concessional Indian credit facility of USD 1
total of 5,000 MT of rice has been received in the past few days under the said credit facility
With this, a total of 16,000 MT of rice out of 40,000 MT to be imported by the State Trading Corporation from India, stands
government and the State Bank of India on 17 March 2022.The delivery of rice was affected within less than one month of signing the
agreement
The supply is a part of the multi-pronged support extended from India to Sri Lanka in the last few months, which includes timely supply of
the people of Sri Lanka was reiterated, the Indian High Commission said further.
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