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Recent trends and developments in government expenditure on agriculture and irrigation.
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Daily Mirror
April tea exports expand marginally by 1.3% YoY
In April 2024, tea exports totaled 16.38 million Kgs, marking a slight increase of 0.21 million Kgs from April 2023. Growth was ob...
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Daily Mirror
Cabinet nods for fertilizer imports
The cabinet on Monday has unanimously decided to import total requirement of chemical fertiliser for the coming Yala and Maha seasons. Accordingly, Sri Lanka will import 15,000 MTS of Urea, 45,000 MTS of Murate of Potash (MOP) and 36,000 MT...
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Ceylon Today
$400M allocated for local fertiliser production
The Government decided to use the sum of USD 400 million allocated to import chemical fertilisers to produce organic fertilisers locally. Accordingly, funds will be allotted to build equipment needed for manufacturing fertiliser and tasked t...
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Insight on Agriculture and Irrigation
Sri Lanka’s Economic Reliance on Chemica...
In August 2021, the Sri Lanka g...
Expenditure on the Agriculture & Irrigat...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Have Governments Fulfilled their Agricul...
Have consecut...
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Sri Lanka Has The Highest Inflation Amongst South...
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VAT to drive revenue growth in 2024
Sri Lankan budgets have consistently overestimated the capacity to raise revenue. Therefore, it is prudent to examine from where the 45% increase in revenue is expected. The chart above shows that more than half the increase (56%) is expecte...
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This article was compiled by Dr. Sanjaya de Silva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His research interests include development and economic history in South and Southeast Asia. 
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