Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry, on Wednesday, announced that commodity levies on lentils would be reduced.
A spokesperson from the Ministry told DailyMirror.lk that the decision was taken to reduce the burned on the people to counter a price hike for the commodity in the global market.
Past years have seen Sri Lanka heavily subsidies farmers to protect them form the global markets.
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