The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna - Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure
Rs. 2,000 million has been allocated through the Tea Board and the Ministry for a QR-based fertilizer support scheme for tea smallholders, to be launched at Walipanne. Registered growers are being verified through a dedicated app and factory leaf-supplier lists, with disbursement from October 1 through multiple suppliers using QR codes. The scheme will provide a Rs. 4,000 subsidy per 50-kg fertilizer bag and will allocate support based on leaf supply volumes rather than acreage, with further field-level briefings to follow.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 We launch the QR-based fertilizer support tomorrow at 1.00 p.m. at Walipanne. Rs. 2,000 million has been allocated via the Tea Board and Ministry. Smallholders are being registered on a dedicated app; field officers are collecting and verifying data, cross-referenced with factory leaf-supplier lists.
¶ 02 From October 1, fertilizer support will be disbursed. Multiple registered suppliers, not just the state company, will participate via QR codes. A subsidy of Rs. 4,000 per 50-kg bag will be given. Unlike past acreage-based allocations, this round will be linked to leaf supply volumes with a proportional factor so better-performing growers receive more.
¶ 03 Detailed field-level briefings will follow.
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