AreaSri Lanka

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date14/01/2020

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionApproved 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.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 May 2020.