The Hon. R.M. Jayawardhana - Deputy Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security
The Deputy Minister stated that the Vavuniya Dedicated Economic Centre was opened on 3 September 2025. He said 35 stalls had been allocated, under a 2021 Cabinet decision, to eligible wholesale traders from the Vavuniya wholesale market, with remaining stalls to be prioritized for local farmers’ organizations and district applicants, and two expected to be allocated to Lanka Sathosa for aggregation and sales.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development, I answer as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Yes. (ii) Yes. (iii) The Vavuniya Dedicated Economic Centre was opened on 03.09.2025.
¶ 03 (b) (i) and (ii) The Vavuniya Dedicated Economic Centre was opened on 03.09.2025.
¶ 04 (iii) In terms of Cabinet Decision No. AMP/21/0556/323/18 dated 05.04.2021, 35 stalls have been allocated to eligible wholesale traders who were trading at the Vavuniya wholesale market. The remaining stalls are to be allocated giving priority to farmers’ organizations in the area and applicants within the District, and two stalls are expected to be allocated to Lanka Sathosa, on the request of the Chairman of the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment, for establishing a centre for aggregation and sale.
¶ 05 (iv) They have been allocated.
¶ 06 (c) Not applicable.
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