The Hon. E.M. Basnayaka
Hon. E.M. Basnayaka supported the Motion and said the Government had taken measures to protect farmers by safeguarding reservoir lands and water resources, including surveying and demarcating tank reservations to prevent encroachment. He cited an increase in cultivation support from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000 and said the Government had introduced a guaranteed paddy price aligned with production costs to stabilize markets and strengthen farmer confidence.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I thank Hon. Rohana Bandara for this Motion. As a government, we have taken historic steps for farmers’ protection: securing lands and water through reservoir protection and surveying, reversing past abuses where even tank reservations were grabbed. The Minister of Lands and Highways is acting to protect and demarcate reservoirs.
¶ 02 We increased the support grant from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000 for cultivation improvement and farmer security. Historically, governments gave land and water, but failed to assure a stable price. As a democratic, people-centered government, we have provided a guaranteed price for paddy, stabilizing markets and building farmer confidence, aligning prices with production costs. We are happy about this progress and thank the Opposition for recognizing that what previous regimes could not do is now being achieved.
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Cite as: The Hon. E.M. Basnayaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 October 2025. No. 22640. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13999