Doing Business in Sri Lanka - High Commission of India, Colombo

Doing Business in Sri Lanka
Batticaloa
● ● Supply of Buses: Aimed at improving accessibilty in rural areas of
Sri Lanka, India gifted 85 buses at a cost of INR 60.80 million.
● ● Setting up of a Siddha Faculty: India assisted the Eastern University
to set up a Siddha Faculty at Trincomalee at a cost of INR 44 million.
● ● Rain Water Harvesting: Construction of Rain water harvesting
structures at Western and in Eastern Province at a cost of INR 3.2
million helped to conserve rainwater.
● ● Supply of Medicines: India supplied essential and critical care
medicine for IDPs of Northern Province immediately after the war at
a cost of INR 8 million
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Support to Thondaman Vocational Training Centre: India
supported the VTC functioning at Hatton by providing technical staff
to train the students at a cost of INR 10.6 million.
Setting up of Computer Laboratories in Plantation Schools: India supplied computers to Plantation
schools at a cost of INR 7 million.
● ● Centre of English Language and Training (CELT), Peradeniya: India s et up a CELT at Peradeniya to
train Sri Lankan master trainers in English Language. The project was implemented at a cost of INR 6.5
million. India will be setting up nine English labs in each of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka.
● ● Vocational Training: Rural Vocational Training Centres (VTC) at Batticaloa, Nuwara Eliya and Puttalam
were set up to impart vocational training in a variety of technical trades. The project was implemented at
a cost of INR 245 million
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