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Explained: Why Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in decades

NEW DELHI: The Sri Lankan economy has been facing one of its worst ever economic crisis, resulting from mismanaged government finances and ill-timed tax cuts, besides the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Huge piles of foreign debt, series of lockdowns, soaring inflation, shortage in fuel supply, fall in foreign currency reserves and devaluation of currency has adversely impacted the country's economic growth.

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