The time period given to Sri Lankan expatriates to import electric vehicles based on their foreign remittances will be extended until the end of August 2023, said Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.
Expatriates were previously allowed to import electric vehicles from May 2022 to December 31, 2022.
He mentioned this while participating in an event organized by the Overland Automobile Institute.
Minister Nanayakkara mentioned that a mechanism would be prepared to provide electric vehicle import licenses to other people who bring in dollars to the country on a private basis.
” The government took measures to provide benefits to migrant workers when the country fell into an abyss due to the economic crisis last year, in a bid to increase the country’s depleted forex reserves,” he said.
Minister Nanayakkara, noted that only electric vehicles would be imported for the state sector in the future.
Despite being delayed due to certain officials who stuck with their conventional thinking, the President and the Cabinet of Ministers gave the go-ahead to expeditiously proceed with the implementation of the pilot project to allow migrant workers to import electric vehicles, he added.
Minister Nanayakkara, who denounced the remarks made by certain people that this initiative is just another ‘political gimmick’, said the incumbent government does not endorse populist politics.
Source By themorning.lk
