Farmers struggle to get back fertilizer subsidy
It is reported that All Ceylon Farmers’ Federation is preparing to hold a massive demonstration and a ‘Sathyagraha’ to protest against abolishing of fertilizer subsidy.
The Minister of Finance presenting the budget for 2016 said the fertilizer subsidy would be scrapped and instead a sum of Rs. 25,000 would be given to farmers. All Ceylon Farmers’ Federation states the move is a scheme to completely abolish fertilizer subsidy and emphasizes that it would organize agitations against the government’s move.
The National Organizer of All Ceylon Farmers’ Federation Namal Karunarathna said the ‘Sathyagraha’ would continue until the government agrees to give back the fertilizer subsidy.