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President Ranil Wickremesinghe advised authorities to make sure no one in requirement is neglected in offering rice to low-income families.Accordingly, the Head of State advised all relevant authorities to buy rice for 2.85 million families, based on optimum of Rs.

20 billion by method of a transparent mechanism.Speaking at a discussion held at the Ministry of Defence this afternoon (14 Feb.) referring to the purchase of paddy, Wickremesinghe even more instructed that the paddy be acquired, grated and the rice be dispersed amongst low-income earners through a transparent mechanism.Previously, it was decided to allocate Rs.

10,000 million to purchase 61,600 metric tons of paddy under the program of offering 2 million low-income households with 10 kg of rice each month over a duration of 2 months, devoid of charge.However, it was exposed during this conversation that 2.85 million families have actually been determined as requiring this help, following which the aforementioned directive was issued.Below is an extract of the Presidents speech at the conference; The Government is set to buy rice worth Rs.

20 billion to disperse to 2,850,000 low-income households as part of its food security program.

The government will secure the rice price by supplying a guaranteed cost.

District and Divisional Secretaries have actually been delegated the job of acquiring paddy stocks.

The government will not offer rice, and a full-time team will be deployed to take this program forward.An official system for distributing rice to qualified individuals in all 25 districts will be developed.

The federal government is taking procedures to avoid large-scale paddy mill owners from putting in unnecessary influence in acquiring paddy.

The government intends to identify the grant given to low-income families as relief rice to prevent its resale.

Members of Parliament are being spoken with, and conversations are on-going with the District Secretaries.However, this requires the implementation of a full-time group.

The contract was revealed throughout the discussion with the security forces to release a group of authorities from Ministry of Defence for this purpose.Obtaining precise data is important for the programs development.

If federal government officials are uncooperative at the town level, a contracted group ought to be recruited to accelerate data collection.

They need to get top priority for future jobs, and retired officials may likewise supply assistance.

All activities should be finished within a designated timeframe.

Meanwhile, Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Presidents Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayake stated; We are presently in the procedure of developing a social welfare safety net with assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

We are not pleased with the development of our information collection efforts therefore far.

As such, we plan to meet with the District Secretaries to discuss this matter and move on with the necessary work.

Presidents Secretary Saman Ekanayake likewise spoke at the conversation, asserting that the establishment of the social well-being safeguard must not be undermined.

The conclusion of these activities ought to be achieved by March 31 , he said in this regard.





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