Cardamom exports set for record
- The highest price secured was Rs.680 a kg.
India-Sri Lanka bilateral trade surges by 70 per cent
- Trade between India and Sri Lanka surged by more than 70 per cent in 2011 over the previous year, touching an all-time high of $5 billion
- Indian Railways would launch a special train, ‘Damba Diwa Vandana,' to take Sri Lankan pilgrims from Chennai to all major Buddhist sites in India.
- The launch of the High Commission's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/hcicolombo) is to provide an interactive platform for its various activities.