The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa
In a tabled answer, Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa provided year-by-year figures on paddy purchases by the Paddy Marketing Board from 2015 to 2024, noting large purchases in 2015 and 2016, no purchases in 2017, and much lower quantities in 2023 and 2024. He reported annual losses for 2015–2021, with final accounts for 2022–2024 still incomplete, and detailed Rs. 629.9 million spent on building repairs during 2015–2024. He also stated that expected future expenditure for building repairs is Rs. 908 million, while part (b) was not applicable.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 - Answer tabled.
¶ 02 (a) (i) Quantity of paddy purchased by the Paddy Marketing Board (by year; metric tons): 2015 – 323,636.73 2016 – 157,429.28 2017 – 0 2018 – 6,687.03 2019 – 48,307.00 2020 – 29,693.28 2021 – 52,851.84 2022 – 78,360.82 2023 – 2,153.92 2024 – 2,757.53
¶ 03 (ii) Profit/Loss (Rs.) by year: 2015 – (1,773,170,546) 2016 – (5,894,285,458) 2017 – (462,105,320) 2018 – (1,185,101,723) 2019 – (741,663,275) 2020 – (1,248,739,079) 2021 – (1,323,917,316) Note: Final accounts for 2022–2024 are not completed; profits/losses cannot yet be determined.
¶ 04 (iii) Expenditure on building repairs (Rs. Mn): 2015 – 212.5 2016 – 27.8 2017 – 138.1 2018 – 107.0 2019 – 94.6 2020 – 0 2021 – 47.7 2022 – 0 2023 – 0 2024 – 2.2 Total – 629.9
¶ 05 (iv) Expected future expenditure for building repairs: Rs. 908 Mn.
¶ 06 (b) Not applicable.
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