World Bank, ADB fund කරන නිසා හොර කරන්නත් බැහැ 
World Bank imposes tough anti-corruption rules for fertiliser imports
US$ 110mn allocated, but all transactions to be inspected and audited by Bank officialsSri Lanka opened international competitive biddings for fertiliser imports with strict regulations imposed by the World Bank to ensure a fraud-and-corruption-free process, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said.
In terms of the World Bank guidelines, contractors and sub-contractors are required to permit the World Bank team to inspect records, accounts and other documents relating to the procurement process and audited by auditors appointed by the WB.
Tenders have been called for the procurement of 125,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) of urea for the upcoming Maha season utilising funds allocated under the USD 350 million emergency financing facility offered by the World Bank.
Accordingly, USD 110 million from the total World Bank-funded Emergency Crisis Response Programme is to be allocated for the procurement which is to be delivered in five consignment slots ahead of the Maha season and is scheduled to begin on September 15.
The bidding is to be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding Procedure (ICB) under guidelines compiled with National Procurement guidelines along with specific directives from the World Bank to ensure a fraud-and-corruption-free process.
WB guidelines also specified that the employer requires the contractor to disclose any commissions or fees that may have been paid to agents with respect to the bidding process including details of the name, address of the agent and amount of funds.
Under the ICB procedure, bidders are required to upload their bids to the given website with an attached encrypted copy with necessary documents online using an encryption password. Bids will be opened within thirty minutes after the bid submission deadline and the bid opening meeting will be connected through a video conference facility.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka opted to secure urea procurement from Britain in view of difficulties in sourcing the required amount of fertiliser from other countries because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220821/n...tion-rules-for-fertiliser-imports-492543.html
පොහොර ආනයනයේ දී සිදුවන
පිල්ලි ගැහීම් වැළැක්වීමට
ලෝක බැංකුව දැඩි කොන්දේසි පනවයි.
පොහොර ආනයනයේ දී සිදුවන දූෂණ වංචා වැලැක්වීම සදහා ලෝක බැංකුව විසින් දැඩි පියවර ගෙන ඇති බව සන්ඩේ ටයිම්ස් පුවත්පත සිය මුල්පුවතෙන් වාර්තා කර සිටියි.ලෝක බැංකු මාර්ගෝපදේශවලට අනුව පොහොර ආනයනය කිරීමේ ක්රියාවලියට සම්බන්ධ වන කොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන් සහ උපකොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ ගිණුම් වාර්තා පරීක්ෂා කිරීමට ලෝක බැංකුව විසින් පත් කරනු ලවන විගණන නිළධාරීන්ට අවසර ලබා දිය යුතුය.
පොහොර ආනයනය සදහා ලෝක බැංකුව විසින් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 350 ක හදිසි මූල්ය පහසුකමක් ලංකාවට වෙන් කර තිබේ.
එම මූල්ය පහසුකම යටතේ එළැඹෙන මහකන්නය සදහා අවශ්ය පොහොර මෙට්රික් ටොන් එක්ලක්ෂ විසිපන්දහසක් ආනයනය සදහා මේ වන විටත් ටෙන්ඩර් කැදවා තිබේ.
ටෙන්ඩර් ක්රියාවලියේ දී වංචාවක් සිදු නොවීම සදහා ගතයුතු පියවර රැසක් ගතයුතුබවට ලෝක බැංකුව විසින් නිර්දේශ කර තිබේ.
ඒ අනුව ලංසු තැබීමේ ක්රියාවලියේ දී කොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන් විසින් විසින් නියෝජිතයන් වෙත කිසියම් කොමිස් මුදලක් ලබා දී ඇත්නම් එසේ ලබා දී ඇති කොමිස් මුදල කොපමණක්ද සහ එය ලබා දී ඇති කවර අයෙකුටද යන්න ද හෙළි කළ යුතුය.
එමෙන්ම ලංසු කරුවන් විසින් ඔවුන් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලංසුවට අදාල සියළු ලිපි ලේඛන ලෝක බැංකුව විසින් ලබා දෙන වෙබ් අඩවියකට යොමු කළ යුත-ු බවටද නිර්දෙශ කර තිබේ.
ලංසු විවෘත කිරීමේ ක්රියාවලියද වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ ප්රචාරය කළ යුතු බවටද ලෝක බැංකුව නිර්දේශ කර තිබේ.
Govt. to subsidise 70% fertiliser for Maha
By Sunimalee DiasThe government is drawing up plans to provide paddy farmers with 70 per cent of the total requirement of fertiliser for the Maha season at subsidised rates and the balance to be purchased either from the Agrarian centres or the open market.
In this respect, the cabinet is likely to arrive at a decision next week based on the recommendations from the Agriculture Department and the Ministry.
Sri Lanka requires a total of 150,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser for the Maha season which is the largest cultivation period in the country from September to March. Out of this total fertiliser requirement about 70 per cent will be provided by the government at subsidised rates. The government had indicated in the past that they were looking at providing fertiliser at Rs.10,000 for each 50 kg bag.
Fertiliser prices in the world market are said to be declining from the previous US$800 per MT to about $690 per MT. in this respect, the landing cost of the fertiliser is likely to be around Rs.15-16,000 per 50 kg bag.
Providing 70 per cent of the fertiliser by the government is a good option under the current conditions, Peradeniya University Weed Science Snr. Prof. Buddhi Marambe pointed out.
He explained that the balance 30 per cent can be purchased as either synthetic fertiliser in the open market by farmers or as organic fertiliser from the Agrarian centres.
These organic fertiliser producers referred to as eco-friendly fertiliser suppliers numbering 150 are those registered and have the Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) certification in a bid to ensure better quality.
The urea fertiliser had been promised by the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
At present tenders have already been called for the purchase of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertiliser that is required one month or 28 days after cultivation; and this is to be brought down under Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding.
In addition, about 50 per cent of the total 30,000 MT of Triple superphosphate will be provided by the government.
The next cultivation season is crucial as Sri Lanka lost on achieving adequate yields last year following the collapse of the agriculture sector following the government policy to turn to complete organic farming. However, the ban on synthetic fertilisers imposed on May 6 last year was reversed on November 30. Crop loss for the current Yala season is estimated at 40-45 per cent but realistic figures are yet to be released.
- https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220821/b...-subsidise-70-fertiliser-for-maha-492007.html
