Hon. Kins Nelson
Hon. Kins Nelson raised concerns that the guaranteed paddy price applies only where moisture is capped at 14%, while many farmers, especially in the North Central Province, lack drying facilities and are forced to sell wet paddy at about Rs. 110. He said the Nadu rice shortage continues and that large millers are influencing both paddy and rice prices, and urged the Minister to intervene before the New Year to ensure fair prices for consumers and fair returns for farmers during the Maha harvest.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Minister, on the guaranteed price, moisture is capped at 14%. Wet paddy sells at around Rs. 110 and farmers lack facilities to dry. Particularly in North Central Province, farmers are struggling. The shortage of Nadu persists, and large millers determine prices of paddy and rice. Please act decisively so that by the New Year, consumers get fair rice prices while farmers receive fair prices during the Maha harvest. My next supplementary relates to canned fish—
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Cite as: Hon. Kins Nelson. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 February 2025. No. 1741258607035810. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26573