{"id":146920,"date":"2024-12-29T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=146920"},"modified":"2024-12-29T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:59:46","slug":"shortages-persist-despite-rice-imports-salt-imports-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/12\/29\/shortages-persist-despite-rice-imports-salt-imports-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortages persist despite rice imports; salt imports planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Amid a rice shortage in the market, the private sector has imported 75,000 metric tons of rice following the government&#8217;s decision to address the scarcity. According to Sri Lanka Customs, the imports include 32,000 metric tons of raw rice and 43,000 metric tons of Nadu rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, consumers report a continued shortage of raw rice and allege that rice is being sold above the government-mandated prices. Instances of traders selling rice without displaying prices have also been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address potential salt shortages, Lanka Salt Company Chairman Nandanatalika announced plans to import 30,000 metric tons of salt as a precautionary measure.&lt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the price of eggs, which recently exceeded Rs. 60 each, has dropped significantly, with eggs now available in the market for Rs. 25 to 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Amid a rice shortage in the market, the private sector has imported 75,000 metric tons of rice following the government&#8217;s decision to address the scarcity. According to Sri Lanka Customs, the imports include 32,000 metric tons of raw rice and 43,000 metric tons of Nadu rice. However, consumers report a continued shortage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}