The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development
The Minister sought clarification on which six rice categories the Member’s question referred to, noting that rice is classified into several types including white and red kakulu, samba, naadu and basmati. He stated that white naadu and red naadu are the most prevalent varieties and indicated that quantity figures are available if required.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, there are many categories of rice — white kakulu (ordinary), white kakulu samba, red kakulu (ordinary), red kakulu samba, samba, red naadu, white naadu, basmati and others. Which six categories are you asking about?
¶ 02 Most prevalent are white naadu and red naadu. Do you need the quantities? The figures are available.
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- Hansard, Friday, 20 March 2026 ·No. 23396 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe - Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 March 2026. No. 23396. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8338