Dudley Sirisena asks for Rs. 140 support price for paddy kilo from farmers

Leading rice mill owner Dudley Sirisena who has a greater control over the market urged the government to increase the support price of paddy for farmers from Rs. 100 to Rs. 140 a kilo.

Making remarks to the press, he said it would lead to the rise in the price of milled rice to Rs. 280 a kilo for consumers, but farmers could not help it.

Earlier, the President assured that the government would purchase paddy at Rs. 100 per kilo.(Yohan Perera)