Sri Lanka crisis: India to supply 65,000MT of urea to economically troubled nation - India has decided to supply urea immediately to Sri Lanka at the request of the Govt of Sri Lanka, despite a ban on export of urea from India.
Colombo, May 14: India has assured Sri Lanka to immediately supply 65,000 metric tonnes of urea to avoid any disruption in paddy cultivation in this country, as it faces the worst economic crisis in its post-independence history. High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in New Delhi Milinda Moragoda met with the Secretary of the Department of Fertilisers Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss the supply of urea required for the current Yala cultivation season in Sri Lanka, […]
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