Vice President of India C P Radhakrishnan concluded his two-day official visit to Sri Lanka on April 20, 2026, marking the first bilateral visit by an Indian Vice President to the island nation. He travelled with a ministerial delegation and Members of Parliament and held substantive meetings with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya, focusing on the deep civilisational bonds between India and Sri Lanka and a fresh post-Cyclone Ditwah development cooperation package. The visit produced a clutch of concrete outcomes anchored by the announcement of expanded Overseas Citizen of India eligibility for Indian Origin Tamils up to the sixth generation along with simplified documentation, addressing a long-standing community demand. Sri Lanka formally acceded to the International Big Cat Alliance, an India-led initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2023 for the conservation of seven big cat species. The Vice President virtually inaugurated and handed over the final 145 houses to beneficiaries, marking the completion of Phase III of the Indian Housing Project under which 4,000 houses have been constructed for plantation-estate Tamil workers, taking the total Indian commitment in the housing programme to roughly INR 1,835 crore with 50,000 houses already completed and 10,000 under construction. India also announced a USD 5 million grant for Northern Railway Line restoration, three Bailey bridges, an expanded Council for Educational and Welfare Trust scholarship scheme, an MoU on six priority projects under the Multi-Sectoral Grant Assistance programme for the Eastern Province and an MoU for a four-storey medical ward complex at the District General Hospital in Mullaitivu, alongside an overall USD 450 million post-cyclone assistance package.