Request Not to Fix Two Different Prices for Local & Imported Rice..

All Ceylon Peasants’ Federation   has requested  the Government not to fix two different prices for imported and local rice Federation’s  organizer,  Namal Karunaratna said, that during the talk between the Government and Rice millers a suggestion was made to fix different prices for imported and local rice .  They requested price of  white rice to be  fixed at Rs 78per kilo, country rice to be fixed at Rs 80 per kilo and sampa rice at Rs 95 per  kilo.  However, approval had not been given for this request, said Federation’s National Organizer  Namal Karunaratna.  If rice is sold at two  different prices,  possibility of traders selling low priced  imported rice  at higher  priced  country rice  to the public.  Hence, he requested the Government to introduce  a  mechanism to cross check this rice mafia.