{"id":147758,"date":"2025-02-04T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147758"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:57:31","slug":"measures-underway-to-curb-rice-mafia-hadunnetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/02\/04\/measures-underway-to-curb-rice-mafia-hadunnetti\/","title":{"rendered":"Measures underway to curb rice \u2018mafia\u2019 \u2013 Hadunnetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Sunil Handunnetthi says that the necessary financial provisions for purchasing paddy during the \u2018Maha\u2019 cultivation season have been provided to the Paddy Marketing Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on TV Derana\u2019s current affairs programme 360\u00b0\u201d last night (04), the Minister confirmed that the Paddy Marketing Board will soon begin purchasing paddy.<\/p>\n\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=\"\u0d87\u0dba\u0dd2 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dc6\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0d91\u0d9a \u0db4\u0dd1\u0db1\u0dca\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0db3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dd0\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dda? - \u201c\u0d91\u0d9a \u0db4\u0dd1\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dd9 \u0d9a\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0db1\u0dda\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tB6ZNeCZN2Y?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>He also emphasized that systematic measures are being implemented to curb the rice \u2018mafia\u2019 in the country, ensuring fair pricing for both farmers and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we set the price below the farmer\u2019s competitive advantage, it would be unfair to them. It is clear that the guaranteed price must be determined within this week,\u201d Handunnetti stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the government\u2019s commitment to both farmers and consumers, he asserted, This is the first government that has taken a long-term approach to protect both the farmer and the consumer. The Anura Dissanayake-led National People\u2019s Power government has ensured a process for releasing funds. The money has been disbursed, and paddy purchases can commence as early as tomorrow\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Sunil Handunnetthi says that the necessary financial provisions for purchasing paddy during the \u2018Maha\u2019 cultivation season have been provided to the Paddy Marketing Board. Speaking on TV Derana\u2019s current affairs programme 360\u00b0\u201d last night (04), the Minister confirmed that the Paddy Marketing Board will soon begin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147758","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=147758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}