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The present administration has taken every possible step to resurrect the collapsed economy amidst social unrest and unprecedented challenges to bring back the day to day activities to normalcy easing fuel and food crisis to a certain extent , official source said.

The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka “as quickly as possible,” Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president.

During the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka, protesters shouted slogans targeting former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family. But they also raised chants against India.

The Indian government told an all-party meeting on Tuesday that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are “very strong” lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having “a culture of freebies” to be drawn from it.

Until the national fuel pass is implemented, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has decided to dispense limited volumes of fuel from Ceypetco filling stations to vehicles starting from July 21, based on the last digit of the vehicle number plate.