India Doubles Grant Assistance To Sri Lanka Towards Upgrading Infrastructure Facilities Of Schools In Plantation Sector

In Sri Lanka, the grant assistance from India towards upgrading Infrastructure facilities of the schools in the plantation sector has been doubled. The Indian government has agreed to increase the total grant from 300 Million rupees to 600 Million owing to rising prices due to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. In a cabinet announcement today, it was informed that enhancement was also given a nod by Sri Lanka’s cabinet. A Memorandum of Understanding for this initiative was signed in February 2020. The project envisages the upgradation of the infrastructure of 9 plantation schools as identified by the Government of Sri Lanka under Indian grant assistance.