{"id":147479,"date":"2025-01-20T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147479"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:09:21","slug":"no-further-rice-shortages-president-assures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/01\/20\/no-further-rice-shortages-president-assures\/","title":{"rendered":"No further rice shortages, President assures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dba \u0da2\u0db1\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d85\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0ddc\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0d85\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dca... &quot;\u0dba\u0dc5\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dc4\u0dbd\u0dca \u0d85\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf \u0db1\u0dd1...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9k12RYmy9-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured that the government has implemented measures to ensure that there will be no shortage of rice during the upcoming \u2018Maha\u2019 cultivation season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing a public gathering in Horana, the President emphasized the importance of maintaining rice reserves to stabilize food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the event, which was part of a National People\u2019s Power (NPP) meeting in the Horana electorate of the Kalutara District, the President outlined key relief measures planned from the forthcoming national budget.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include provisions for government employees, university students, and individuals with disabilities, according to Dissanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by several prominent figures, including the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, along with other NPP leaders and supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured that the government has implemented measures to ensure that there will be no shortage of rice during the upcoming \u2018Maha\u2019 cultivation season.&nbsp; Addressing a public gathering in Horana, the President emphasized the importance of maintaining rice reserves to stabilize food security. Speaking at the event, which was part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jvp-promises","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147479","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=147479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}