Sri Lanka’s cabinet has decided to give 10 kilograms of rice free to 2.74 million low-income families and a fertilizer subsidy to small rice farmers, the state information office said as elections loom.
The rice handout will be given for two months. Rice will be purchased from small and medium millers.
A fertilizer subsidy of 15,000 rupees per acre will be given to small rice farmer in the Yala minor cultivation season.
The subsidy will apply up to two acres.