India to supply 65,000 mt of urea to Sri Lanka

The Government of India, under the existing one billion dollar credit line, is to immediately supply 65,000 metric tonnes of urea to Sri Lanka, which is the total requirement for paddy in the current Yala cultivation season, official sources said.

This was as a result of a meeting by the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Milinda Moragoda in New Delhi with the Department of Fertilisers of India Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi recently to discuss the supply of urea for paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka..

The Government of India has decided to supply this quantity of urea immediately to Sri Lanka at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, despite a ban on export of urea from India.

High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Secretary Chaturvedi for his personal involvement in arranging necessary approvals and logistics to supply 65,000 metric tons of urea to Sri Lanka in consultation with the High Commissioner of India in Colombo Shri Gopal Baglay, the sources said. (Bandula)