The Hon. Hesha Withanage
The Hon. Hesha Withanage questioned delays in fertilizer subsidies while cultivation is underway and asked why the minister’s advocacy for farmers is not more evident. He also raised concern that privatization or private actors may again gain influence over rice pricing, asking whether policy is moving in that direction.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 That is privatization. My second supplementary: You have long served farmers. Yet farmers are now struggling; fertilizer subsidies are delayed, and cultivation is underway. Why is your voice not heard? Are we heading back to a future where private actors dictate rice prices?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 18 December 2024 ·No. 1735286612086554 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Hesha Withanage. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2024. No. 1735286612086554. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12041