Egg Price

The first stock of eggs imported from India by Sri Lanka was distributed to the crisis-hit island nation's market, with one egg costing Rs 35 to bakery owners, a media report said on Friday. Sri Lanka imported two million eggs from India to ensure food security in the crisis-hit island nation, Trade and Food Safety Minister Nalin Fernando said last week. The decision to import eggs was based on a decision by a cabinet committee to ensure food security, Fernando said on March 23. This stock of eggs imported by Sri Lanka's State Trading (General) Corporation was distributed among bakery owners on Thursday at the Kerawalapitiya Spet R. Warehouse Complex, the official Daily News reported. All-Ceylon Bakery Owners' Association President N. K. Jayawardena said that one million eggs were given to bakery owners at Rs 35 per egg. He said that this stock of eggs imported from India had been brought to Sri Lanka subject to approvals of all relevant government institutions. The date of ...

The price rise is expected to continue until the advent of Shravan in July, when some Hindus turn vegetarian for a month