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STOCKS OF PADDY MAINTAINED BY INSTITUTIONS/PERSONS: DETAILS — The Hon. Gayantha Karunatilleka on behalf of the Hon. Kins Nelson

17 December 2024 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Paddy Stocks, Fuel Price Revisions, and Teacher Scarcity (Q.11, Q.12, Q.10/2024)

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A question was raised to the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development seeking details on the President’s requested report on existing paddy stocks. It asked for the date of the request, the institutions or persons holding paddy stocks, the quantities held by each, and the measures taken to control rice prices.

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¶ 01 asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development: (a) Will he inform this House of the- (i) date on which the President summoned a report concerning the existing paddy stocks; (ii) institutions/ persons who maintain stocks of paddy, according to the report referred to above; (iii) volumes of paddy maintained by each such institution/ person, separately; and (iv) measures that have been adopted so far for controlling the price of rice? (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ·No. 1734685396083959 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: STOCKS OF PADDY MAINTAINED BY INSTITUTIONS/PERSONS: DETAILS — The Hon. Gayantha Karunatilleka on behalf of the Hon. Kins Nelson. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18176