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[Dark Sorrow]

More fuel supplies delivered by #India to #SriLanka! A consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel under #Indian assistance through Line of Credit of $500 mn was handed over by High Commissioner to Hon'ble Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge in #Colombo today.

How are the planning to repay $500 mn or should we consider it bad debt.

 

[sorcerer]

But it would be great for Republic of India. We shall have a permanent foothold on that island. A lot of fishing issues could be resolved. India's EEZ would increase. For a long time Tamil population feel northern province is an extension of Tamil Nadu. Our local population can be satisfied.
Its a win-win for us.
I am not advocating hard-border like India-Pakistan but a soft-border like US-Canada.
With permanent Indian state on the island, they will have additional benefit like getting connected to Indian electric grid, Indian supply chain and petrochemical reserves.

After cleaning up the ISI and ISIS elements and PEACE TV elements of zakir naik, in Srilanka, this could work...else the CIA bois will open another front in the south with these elements.

 

[HeinzGud]

Sri Lankans have weird names, Wickremsinghe? Do they feel any problem writing it Vikram Singh? I’m not joking there are many such Sri Lankan names which have weird spellings for Indian Sanskrit names.

It's your names that are weird. We write them in correct way with full syllables

 

[HeinzGud]

Nope. Future of lankan tamils is to either get along with the majority sinhala population or emigrate to Australia/european countries.
Not too many lankan tamils want to settle down in TN/india. TN was earlier only a midway point for lankan tamils to escape and regroup and eventually make better lives in the first world. They give a flying fuck to tn/india.

Yes I think you are right here. They have better opportunities in settling in western countries.

The Tamilnadu friendship is a political safeguard.

 

[TopWatcher]

How are the planning to repay $500 mn or should we consider it bad debt.

Helping them in this situation will not work for India. Srilanka not a capable of sustaining it's economy and it's people. Means they are not able to manage financial things.

 

[THESIS THORON]

How are the planning to repay $500 mn or should we consider it bad debt.

ya consider it as bad debt for atleast 5-7 yrs

 

[sorcerer]

Helping them in this situation will not work for India. Srilanka not a capable of sustaining it's economy and it's people. Means they are not able to manage financial things.

and the moment Sri Lanka gets out of a mess and is able to partially breathe they will start dancing with china again.
Srilanka India relation is like pakistan USA relation with china in the loop

 

[TopWatcher]

and the moment Sri Lanka gets out of a mess and is able to partially breathe they will start dancing with china again.
Srilanka India relation is like pakistan USA relation with china in the loop

They will remain always in this conditions. Country attitude shows what will be her future.

 

[TopWatcher]

But seems situation going around India. Big war is coming for India. India need double tight it's defense.

 

[THESIS THORON]

Raj Pakshe will become the chief minister. It will be a win-win for all.

nope, it will be declared union territory for 4-5 yrs

 

[Mangal]

 

[THESIS THORON]

FUK

 

[Knowitall]

FUK

I wonder if India is considering the probability of coordinating with the opposition to support a peacekeeping force to hold new elections if the situation turns into full scale riots.

 

[asaffronladoftherisingsun]

2.5 billion in usd loan to this sri lanka given 60 years low interest rate from BHARAT?

 

[prasadr14]

I wonder if India is considering the probability of coordinating with the opposition to support a peacekeeping force to hold new elections if the situation turns into full scale riots.

A resounding NO to the idea.
Repeating the same mistake?

 

[Roshan]

Sri Lanka's GDP per capita is $4095 and Sri Lanka is more than double India's
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka is 77.9 years, 10% higher than the world average, while in India it is 68 years.

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate is 0.85%, while India's is 4.4%. Sri Lanka's maternal mortality rate is 0.039 per cent, while India's remains high at 1.37 per cent.

Sri Lanka has a high literacy rate of 92.5% and a youth literacy rate of 98%.

87.3 percent of Sri Lanka's population has access to clean drinking water

Kerala model playing out. Achar dalo in sab ka abhi lol.

Help them because you have to but take whatever pound of flesh is needed keeping in mind ingratitude of the past and also as a safeguard against future ingratitude and spreading their legs for China. Integrating them is a wet dream that doesn't need to be entertained right now not to mention it has not gotten that bad yet - i assume - that majority of the population wants it which is the only condition under which something like that should play out. Chickens have to come home to roost.

 

[JBH22]

India needs to take control of the island before India’s adversaries do.

By the time adversary will try send troops or naval task force, India will encircled Sri Lanka and its troops will already capture Ports and airports. It will be like what Russia did to Georgia.

 

[THESIS THORON]

By the time adversary will try send troops or naval task force, India will encircled Sri Lanka and its troops will already capture Ports and airports. It will be like what Russia did to Georgia.

INS JALASHWA

 

[THESIS THORON]

 

[ezsasa]

How are the planning to repay $500 mn or should we consider it bad debt.

it’s been 2.5 billion $, offered so far.
Line of credit part, it’s for importers to utilise if they want to. It’s targeted economic assistance in pharma, food and oil. it’s for Indian goods only.