Sri Lanka, April 9 -- The government has announced an additional subsidy of Rs. 5,000 per 50 kg fertilizer bundle for small tea estate owners, to be provided once this year under the QR code-based distribution system, according to the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure.

As of March 31, a total of 226,511 tea farmers have registered under the QR code-based tea fertilizer distribution system, with 187,759 small and medium-scale tea farmers already receiving 21,117.7 metric tons of subsidized fertilizer.

Currently, the government provides a subsidy of Rs. 4,000 for a 50 kg fertilizer bundle and Rs. 2,000 for a 25 kg bundle. So far, 334,256 units of 50 kg bundles and 176,199 units of 25 kg bundles have been distributed to f...