India offers US$ 500mn fuel credit line

REUTERS: India offered a new US$ 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka to fund fuel purchases, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said  yesterday, as the island struggles to manage its worst financial crisis in years.

The credit line, which was under negotiation since August 2021, will ease pressure on the country’s dwindling reserves that dipped to US$ 3.1 billion at the end of December.

Last week, India also granted Sri Lanka a US$ 400 million swap arrangement to boost its reserves and help repay debt.