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Sri Lanka IMF Loan: Sri Lanka will get $330 million from IMF in two days, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said – the country is no longer bankrupt
Help received from IMF 17 times so far
$7 billion relief package
He has said that the country can get a relief package of seven billion dollars from the IMF. It has been said on behalf of Wickremesinghe, ‘Sri Lanka is no longer a pauper. This loan is a kind of trust given to Sri Lanka by the international community. This aid has the potential to restructure debt as well as restore normal transactions. However, this loan from the IMF will not provide immediate help to millions of Sri Lankans.
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The general public of the country is being forced to live with high inflation, high income tax and 66 per cent hike in electricity rates. According to a survey by Save the Children released this month, half of Sri Lankan families are forced to feed their children half full. Citizens said they hoped the fund would ease some of their burdens after the IMF bailout on Tuesday.
China was the biggest obstacle
Sri Lanka was not getting any kind of financial assurance from China. Because of this Sri Lanka found it very difficult to get the bailout package. The IMF deal with Sri Lanka was approved once China gave its backing this month. Peter Breuer, senior head of the IMF mission to Sri Lanka, Asia and the Pacific Department, said debt sustainability was one of the key criteria for the IMF to approve a bailout for any economy.
