Fertilizer subsidy Rs 65 b
What the Government did:
* Established Paddy Marketing Board
*Guaranteed price for rice
*Rice-flour allied products promoted
The Government has spent over Rs. 65 billion for
farmers’ fertilizer subsidy between 2008 -2009 while also giving
various tax relief measures to import agricultural implements and
issue paddy seed free of charge, Agriculture and Agrarian Services
Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.
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Sri Lanka Labour Party candidates resign, support UPFA
All Sri Lanka Labour Party candidates resigned
yesterday to support the UPFA under the leadership of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka Labour Party Leader A. S. P. Liyanage
told a press briefing at Nippon Hotel, Colombo yesterday,
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Jagoda joins UPFA
Matara District UNP candidate Attorney Indika
Jagoda joined the SLFP due to his disappointment with the UNP
leadership and its policy decisions. “It is our duty to support
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s leadership to make this island the
Pride of Asia” Jagoda said.
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