Price controls on rice reimposed

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Cost of Living Sub Committee has announced a decision to re-impose a price control of Rs. 108 for a kilogram of Samba rice and Rs. 88 for a kilogram of Nadu rice. Head of Marketing Food Policy and the Agri-Business Division at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (ARTI) Duminda Priyadarshana, said that the price controls are applied to rice available under a variety of brand names in the market. He added that the new prices will come into effect within the course of the week.