Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) date on which the Paddy Marketing Board was established;
(ii) quantity and the value of paddy purchased by the Board over past 3 years per district, separately;
(iii) number of centers established for purchasing paddy per District, separately;
(iv) number of paddy storage facilities per district, separately; and
(v) percentage of paddy purchased by the government annually out of the total paddy harvest per district, separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House, separately —
(i) of the amount of money provided by state banks to small and large scale paddy mill owners over past 3 years;
(ii) of the quantity of paddy purchased by those mill owners during that period;
(iii) of the names of the mill owners, along with the quantity and value of paddy they purchased during the above period; and
(iv) whether a system will be established to convert paddy into rice and distribute it at district level?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-04-24
Asked by
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
The answer is given in sinhala language.
Answered Date
2025-06-20
Answered by
Hon. Namal Karunaratne, M.P.
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