There are some great answers here. But i feel Srilanka won’t come forward and merge with us because they recently have taken a $500 million loan from India. Also, the people back there won’t let this happen no matter what.
Also on 17th March, Basil Rajapaksa personally came down to New Delhi to sign an agreement between the State Bank of India and the Government of Sri Lanka. According to the agreement India extended a $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka to assist them in procuring medicine, food and essentials.