ETCA Awareness Campaign by Sajith

ETCA  agreement will pave the way for Sri Lankan products to enter the Indian market without any obstacles , Sajith told the commencement of a ‘Uda Gammana’ project in Ranminitenna, Hambantota.

The economic and technical cooperation agreement (ETCA) between Sri Lanka and India will be signed at the end of this year.

Minister Sajitha Premadasa is in charge of a campaign to raise public awareness on this pact.

At present, Sri Lankan products only have a limited local market of 20 million people, he noted, adding the ETCA would enable those products to attract the Indian market with 1,300 million people.

Only the people with hidden agenda not wanting to see a strengthening of Indo-Lanka ties are opposed to it and are spreading falsehoods that it would deny the island its sovereignty and independence, said Sajith Premadasa.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has assured at an Asia -Pacific investment policy making conference recently the ETCA with India would be signed at the end of this year.