Japanese govt to donate 1600 Mn Yen to Sri Lanka

The Japanese government is to provide 1,600 million Yen to Sri Lanka as grants under the Japanese Economic and Social Development Programme.

The donation is to be used for humanitarian grants for communities affected by the economic crisis prevailing by empowering the government sector to upgrade the economic situation of the country such as:

A Response and management enhancement project for oil spills of Sri Lanka Coastal Defense Force.

The project to supply assisting equipment for maternal and infant treatments in main hospitals of the Northern province and the project to distribute assisting equipment for garment courses in vocational training centres of the Northern province.

A project to award assisting equipment for the security of fishermen in Northern and Eastern provinces.

The Cabinet Ministers yesterday, approved the proposal furnished by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to sign the exchange papers and other relevant documents with the Government of Japan.