Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna
Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna asked the Prime Minister to outline the Government’s measures for purchasing paddy during the 2025/2026 Maha season, with the stated aims of protecting farmers and avoiding consumer inconvenience. He requested details on guaranteed prices by paddy variety, purchasing mechanisms, allocated funds, the number of purchasing centres by district operated by the Paddy Marketing Board and other state intermediaries, and any new policy reforms to address problems experienced in the previous season.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my question to the Hon. Prime Minister is as follows.
¶ 02 With the commencement of harvesting in the 2025/2026 Maha season, the Government must act to purchase paddy and resolve related issues, protect the farmer, and ensure consumers are not inconvenienced.
¶ 03 1. Please state the guaranteed purchase price fixed by the Government for the 2025/2026 Maha season by paddy variety. 2. What mechanisms will the Government adopt to purchase paddy from farmers at a fair price during the 2025/2026 Maha season? 3. What amount of funds has the Government allocated for the paddy purchasing process for the 2025/2026 Maha season? 4. How many purchasing centres, by district, are operated by the Paddy Marketing Board and other Government intermediated centres? 5. What new policy reforms have been taken to minimise issues encountered during paddy purchasing in the last season?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 4 March 2026 ·No. 23360 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Susantha Kumara Nawarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2026. No. 23360. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13329