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    Sri Lanka is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. It has a population of over 20 million people and its capital and largest city is Colombo. Sri Lanka has a democratic socialist republic system of government with the President as the head of state selected for a 6-year term. The main languages are Sinhalese and Tamil. The top exports are clothing, tea, rubber products and gems, while the leading imports are mineral fuels, vehicles, machinery and electrical equipment. Some of the largest multinational corporations operating in Sri Lanka include John Keells Holdings, Commercial Bank, and Mas Holdings.

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    Sri Lanka is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. It has a population of over 20 million people and its capital and largest city is Colombo. Sri Lanka has a democratic socialist republic system of government with the President as the head of state selected for a 6-year term. The main languages are Sinhalese and Tamil. The top exports are clothing, tea, rubber products and gems, while the leading imports are mineral fuels, vehicles, machinery and electrical equipment. Some of the largest multinational corporations operating in Sri Lanka include John Keells Holdings, Commercial Bank, and Mas Holdings.

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    Sri Lanka is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. It has a population of over 20 million people and its capital and largest city is Colombo. Sri Lanka has a democratic socialist republic system of government with the President as the head of state selected for a 6-year term. The main languages are Sinhalese and Tamil. The top exports are clothing, tea, rubber products and gems, while the leading imports are mineral fuels, vehicles, machinery and electrical equipment. Some of the largest multinational corporations operating in Sri Lanka include John Keells Holdings, Commercial Bank, and Mas Holdings.

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    Section-II
    Group-2
    Presented byAniket
    Nikhil Raghuwanshi
    Srishti Jain

    GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND


    SURRONDING NATION
    Middle of the India ocean
    Land area: 65,610 sq km
    Monsoon:
    - December to March: North Eastern
    - June to October
    : South Eastern
    India, Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia

    Historical Background
    In 14th century, a Tamil kingdom has
    established in northern Sri Lanka.
    The island was cede to the British in
    1796.
    independent in 1948
    its name was changed to Sri Lanka in
    1972
    In 19th and 20th century key production in
    export of tea, rubber, sugar, coffee, etc.

    Capital and Commercial Cities


    Capital is Colombo.
    Commercial cities:
    - Jaffna
    - Galle

    National language
    Sinhalese and Tamil.
    74% speaks sinhalese
    18% speaks tamil

    Political System and Prime


    Minister
    Democratic Socialist Republic.
    President of sri lanka is selected for 6 years and is
    entitled for re-election for two consecutive year.
    Its constitution assigns 28 ministerial level portfolios.
    PM appoints approval of the parliament.
    PM Ranil Wickremesinghe .

    Popullation
    Population 2.03 crores.
    .Density 325 per square km.
    It represent 0.3% of the world total population.
    Sex ratio 940 male per 1000 female.

    Growth rate over past five year


    10
    8

    9.14

    GDP

    8.40

    4.88

    4.79

    3.40

    Gdp

    2
    0

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    Current GDP is 82.32 Billons Dollar(2015)

    Currency of Sri lanka


    Sri lankan rupee (LKR).
    1 sri lanka rupee equal 0.46 indian rupee.
    Per capita income $3924.

    Leading export

    Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: US$2.6 billion


    Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $2 billion
    Tea, spices, coffee (tiny amount): $1.7 billion
    Rubber, rubber articles: $790.5 million
    Gems (particularly diamonds), precious metals: $240.5
    million
    Electrical machinery, equipment: $227.7 million
    Fruits, nuts: $211.8 million
    Ships, boats: $188.9 million
    Mineral fuels including oil: $184.5 million
    Fish: $180.6 million

    Leading Import
    Mineral fuels including oil: US$2.7 billion
    Vehicles : $2.3 billion
    Machinery including computers: $1.6 billion
    Electrical machinery, equipment: $1.1 billion
    Plastics, plastic articles: $730.7 million
    Knit or crochet fabric: $690.1 million
    Iron, steel: $589.8 million
    Cotton: $567.4 million
    Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: $564.4 million
    Cereals: $486.1 million

    Top Three MNC


    Rank
    1.
    2.
    3.

    Entity
    John keells holding
    Commercial bank
    Mas

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