Certificate of supply of urea to Sri Lanka from India

Sri Lanka receives assurance of urea supplies from India Sri Lanka has received assurance from Indian officials regarding supply of fertilizers that the island nation requires urgently.

“High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in New Delhi Milinda Moragoda met with the Secretary of the Department of Fertilizers of India Shri Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi today (12) to discuss on the supply of urea required for the current Yala cultivation season in Sri Lanka.

The meeting came in the wake of the decision of the Government of India to immediately supply 65,000 metric tons of urea to Sri Lanka, which is the total requirement for paddy in the current Yala cultivation season, under the existing one billion USD credit line,” the High Commission of Sri Lanka said in a message.

Yala is the season of paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka that lasts between May and August. Sri Lanka is the second country after Nepal to have received India’s assurance for supply of fertilizers.