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
1
Purchasing of paddy by paddy marketing board
Answered Date
0000-00-00
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