The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Wasantha Samarasinghe said discussions had been held with both large and small rice millers, noting that small millers lacked stocks while large millers held bank-financed stocks. He stated that supplies had begun to Sathosa, with 100,000 kg delivered the previous day and 50,000 kg that day, to be distributed at around Rs. 220. He said millers had also been instructed to release rice to the open market under maximum retail prices of Rs. 220 for Nadu, Rs. 210 for Kekulu, and Rs. 230 for Samba, with priority given to Sathosa to ensure monitoring of stocks.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, your point is important. We discussed with large and small millers. Small millers have no stocks; large millers do. We informed them and the banks with details of loans and repayments. From yesterday, many have begun supplying to Sathosa — 100,000 kg yesterday; another 50,000 kg today. We are distributing daily through Sathosa at around Rs. 220. We have also instructed release to the open market under MRPs: Nadu Rs. 220, Kekulu Rs. 210, Samba Rs. 230. We prioritize Sathosa because these are bank-financed stocks; otherwise there was no monitoring.
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 December 2024. No. 1734424725051921. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19559