In order to support the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (idPs) in the Northern Province, particularly in the area of agriculture which is their primary means of livelihood and to jumpstart revival of the local economy, the Government of India embarked on urgent implementation of a programme of agricultural renewal which included supply of 500 tractors along with four other agricultural implements each as well as supply of seeds to farmers for the Maha and Yala seasons in 2010-11.

The supply of tractors under the programme commenced on November 1, 2010 with the ceremonial handing-over of 52 tractors with a complete set of farm implements, namely, 9 Tine Tiller, Rotovator, two furrow Disc Plough and cage wheel, by High Commissioner of India, H.E. Ashok K. Kantha to Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development. Subsequently, at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, the remaining tractors and implements were delivered in lots to various locations in Northern Province in Nov-Dec 2010. The total cost of the project is estimated to be SLR 600 million (INR 250 million).

The Government of Sri Lanka has confirmed that all 500 tractors together with the four implements have been successfully distributed to Agrarian Service Centres (ASC) in the Northern Province as per the following details: