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title: "Government provides 10kg rice for 2 million low-income families"
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date: 2023-01-16
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# Government provides 10kg rice for 2 million low-income families

The Cabinet has approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide 10kg of rice per month to 2 million low-income families including Samurdhi beneficiaries for 2 months to ensure their food security.

Government will purchase 61,600MT of paddy through  District Secretaries & Divisional Secretaries with support from small & medium scale paddy owners.