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Govt. directs all banks to suspend recovery of SME loans

20 Dec 2019

The Government has issued directives to Chairmen and CEOs of all banks to suspend recovery of loans obtained by the SME sector, the Finance Ministry said. The Government has taken this decision in a bid to revive SMEs which are burdened with debt not exceeding Rs 300 million. The government says the recent tax reforms have provided substantial savings to all banks including the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. It expects the banks to use part of such savings to revive the SME sector on a priority basis. The directives from the President and the Prime Minister also incorporates redresses to small and medium scale paddy millers as well since the government expects them to re-energise their milling operation to improve the competitiveness in the market. The government expects their capacities to be active in 2019/20 Maha season  


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