Area
Sri Lanka
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
14/01/2020
Policy Category
Consumption and marketing
Policy Instrument
Food subsidies
Description
Approved a plan under which low-income and vulnerable groups would be provided with subsidized food kits, consisting of rice, dhal, dried fish and other foodstuffs. The packages would be extended to 1 million beneficiaries at a price of LKR 500 (USD 2.6) and form part of the National Programme for Eradication of Poverty.
Notes
Exchange rate as of 15 May 2020.
