The Hon. Namal Karunaratne
The member stated that annexures tabled in the House contain the requested names and details, including dates of birth to be verified. He confirmed that since the 2021/22 Maha season, paddy has been purchased through five regional Paddy Marketing Board boards, milled by small and medium-scale millers under contract, and distributed as rice through Sathosa. He added that this programme could continue with Government intervention.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, the annexures contain a list of names. We will verify dates of birth as required. All details are provided in the annexures I tabled in the House.
¶ 02 (iv) Yes.
¶ 03 Since the 2021/22 Maha season, a programme has been implemented to purchase paddy from farmers through five regional Boards of the Paddy Marketing Board, have it milled by small and medium-scale millers on a contract basis, convert it into rice, and distribute it to districts via Sathosa. Going forward, this programme can be carried out with Government intervention.
¶ 04 (a) Not applicable.
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