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The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to their low value.
Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) LKR Cent: 100 Sudan: Sudanese pound: LS SDG Piastre: 100 Suriname: Surinamese dollar $ SRD Cent: 100 Sweden: Swedish krona: kr SEK Öre: 100 Switzerland: Swiss franc: Fr CHF Rappen [N] 100 Syria: Syrian pound: LS SYP Piastre: 100 Taiwan: New Taiwan dollar $ TWD Cent: 100 ...
Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 133.80588 1932 Nepalese mohar Pakistan Pakistani rupee ₨ PKR Paisa = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 277.97203 1947 Indian rupee (prior to partition) Seychelles Seychellois rupee: SR, SRe SCR Cent = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 13.466389 1976 Mauritian rupee Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee ₨, රු, ௹ LKR Cent = 1 ⁄ 100 rupee 303.10909 1885
These were followed in 1952 by 2, 5, 50 and 100 rupee notes. The 1 rupee notes were replaced by coins in 1963. From 1977, banknotes were issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 20 rupees notes were introduced in 1979, followed by 500 and 1000 rupees in 1981, 200 rupees in 1998 and 2000 rupees in 2006.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic coin.
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [40] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [41]
The Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System, commonly known as SLIPS, is a LKR-only online interbank payment and fund transfer system in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]SLIPS is owned by LankaClear, an organization owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and all Licensed Commercial Banks operating in Sri Lanka, with 47.19% of shares held by the CBSL and State owned commercial banks, and 52.81% by other private banks.