{"id":1990,"date":"2018-09-01T07:23:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T05:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org.dedi1019.jnb1.host-h.net\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1990"},"modified":"2018-09-01T07:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T05:23:15","slug":"sri-lanka-government-announces-debt-relief-in-drought-hit-areas-and-rate-cap-for-microloans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/news\/sri-lanka-government-announces-debt-relief-in-drought-hit-areas-and-rate-cap-for-microloans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka government announces debt relief in drought-hit areas and rate cap for microloans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mangala Samaraweera, the Finance and Mass Media Minister of Sri Lanka, announced that nearly 75,000 women who took non-consumption microloans in areas affected by droughts will be eligible for debt relief. In addition, Samaraweera said that measures will be taken to cap interest rates from 40%-220% currently, to a threshold of 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MangalaLK\/status\/1025043633836240897\">Mangala Samaraweera<\/a> Twitter and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treasury.gov.lk\/article\/-\/article-viewer-portlet\/render\/view\/minister-of-finance-and-mass-media-mangala-samaraweera-says-that-the-new-laws-will-be-introduced-to-curtail-the-loan-interest-rates-of-micro-finance-c\">Ministry of Finance<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mangala Samaraweera, the Finance and Mass Media Minister of Sri Lanka, announced that nearly 75,000 women who took non-consumption microloans in areas affected by droughts will be eligible for debt relief. In addition, Samaraweera said that measures will be taken to cap interest rates from 40%-220% currently, to a threshold of 30%. Sources: Mangala Samaraweera [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inclusionsocialratings.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}