Paddy purchasing prices down below government registered price in Sri Lanka

(March 03, 2009) Reports from Polonnaruwa say that the paddy purchasing price has de-escalated sharply as the harvesting is underway in the major Maha season. Polonnaruwa is one of the major rice cultivation districts of Sri Lanka.

The purchasing price for a kilo of paddy has gone far below down the government registered price. Private businessmen purchase Nadu paddy now for prices as low as Rs. 20 per kilo, farmers pointed out.

The much hyped programme of purchasing paddy at the government registered price of Rs. 28 for a kilo of Nadu rice and Rs. 30 per a kilo of Samba rice is unseen anywhere in the district, farmers said.

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