The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe explained that Paddy Marketing Board stocks from the Yala season, totaling 50,000 MT with an additional 4,000 MT bought by Sathosa, are being milled through registered service providers and mills. He stated that around 5,000 MT per month is being released to Lanka Sathosa, Triposha, the Food Commission, private sector buyers, and co-operatives, with over 8,000 MT released in the previous two months. He said PMB warehouse stocks are issued under agreements requiring mills to process and return rice, and that the process is continuing.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as the question concerns rice, I will answer. PMB paddy stocks are being serviced through registered service providers and mills. In Yala, PMB purchased 50,000 MT; Sathosa additionally bought 4,000 MT, totaling 54,000 MT. These are being milled and released—about 5,000 MT per month—to Lanka Sathosa, Triposha, the Food Commission, as well as to the private sector and co-operatives. Over the last two months, over 8,000 MT of milled rice from PMB stocks has been released to the market. Stocks in PMB warehouses are issued to designated service providers or registered mills under agreements to mill and return rice. The process is ongoing.
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 March 2026. No. 23396. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8371