The Hon. Rohana Bandara
Rohana Bandara asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development to provide details on recent rice imports, including when the decision to import rice was taken to address shortages. He requested the names of government and private importers, quantities imported by each, tax revenue received, and measures to strengthen the public sector’s role in purchasing, storing, and selling paddy and rice.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 RECENT RICE IMPORTS: DETAILS Question No. 567/2025, to the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House: (i) the date on which rice importation was decided as a solution to rice shortages; (ii) the names of government and private institutions that imported rice, quantities imported by each, and tax revenue received, separately; and (iii) measures to enhance the public sector’s role in paddy purchase, storage, and rice sales? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 10 April 2026 ·No. 23479 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 April 2026. No. 23479. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6042