Indian rice for Lanka despite export ban
India has agreed to provide stocks of rice required by Sri Lanka despite the existing ban on domestic rice exports, following a request by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said Trade Marketing and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardene. The Minister was speaking at a press briefing at the CWE Secretariat yesterday.
"Rice exports have been banned by India considering the escalating domestic demand and the world food shortage. But, India has agreed to export the required stocks only to Sri Lanka on the direct intervention of President Mahinda Rajapaksa", the Minister said.
The Minister said the Ministry in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry and the Presidential Secretariat will take all possible measures to import the required stocks before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
He categorically refuted allegations levelled by certain elements with narrow interests that the Government has been importing rice.
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"Rice exports have been banned by India considering the escalating domestic demand and the world food shortage. But, India has agreed to export the required stocks only to Sri Lanka on the direct intervention of President Mahinda Rajapaksa", the Minister said.
The Minister said the Ministry in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry and the Presidential Secretariat will take all possible measures to import the required stocks before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
He categorically refuted allegations levelled by certain elements with narrow interests that the Government has been importing rice.
Read more,
http://www.sinhalaya.com/news/english/wmview.php?ArtID=15071
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