The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Colombo· 9 July 2025 ·Oral question: Questions under Standing Order 27(2): Paddy Purchase, Rice Import, Horticultural Crops; Question of Privilege

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Hon. Sajith Premadasa questioned the basis for the Government’s guaranteed price of Rs. 120 per kilogram, asking whether it had been set without data from relevant institutions. He requested that, if such data already exist, they be tabled in Parliament.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Minister says data must be obtained from multiple institutions, yet the Government has already fixed a guaranteed price of Rs. 120 per kg. Was this price decided without those underlying data? If the data exist, why not table them now?

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