Lanka disclosure on Adani's energy project
Over a fortnight since the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) chairman resigned after stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pressured Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a renewable energy project to the Adani Group, the CEB on Thursday clarified that it was done “on the request and recommendation of the Government of India”. The clarification, issued by the CEB to the Daily FT newspaper, has been carried verbatim by the Sri Lankan business newspaper: “...a proposal from the Adhani Green E...