Yesterday afternoon, a progress overview assembly was held on the Ministry of Agriculture relating to the paddy purchases made by the Paddy Advertising and marketing Board.
The dialogue was chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera, and the minister inquired from the Chairman of PMB relating to the acquisition of paddy throughout Sinhala and Tamil New Yr festive season.
Accordingly, the Chairman knowledgeable that the Paddy Advertising and marketing Board has bought 04 million kilograms of paddy and that there’s adequate monetary provision for the acquisition of paddy.
Nonetheless, the chairman acknowledged that it was determined to quickly droop the acquisition of paddy from immediately (05) until the top of the Sinhala and Tamil New Yr competition and he additionally talked about that the paddy buy will resume instantly after the New Yr vacation.
Throughout these few days, the acquisition of paddy is suspended contemplating the attainable delays in getting the associated cash from the financial institution after the farmers have bought the paddy.
About 90 % of the paddy at the moment bought by the Paddy Advertising and marketing Board is Crimson Nadu. He additionally talked about that the farmers don’t promote Samba and Keeri Samba paddy to the Paddy Advertising and marketing Board.
In the meantime, the Farmers’ Belief Fund gave an quantity of 100 million rupees to purchase paddy and the minister instructed the chairman to pay the quantity again to the Farmers’ Belief Fund instantly. The federal government has given 500 million rupees for the acquisition of paddy. The minister was additionally knowledgeable to spend the cash and perform the acquisition actions.
