On proposal made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Cabinet also decided to permit license given to the private sector to import rice apart from Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE - Sathosa), Co-Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Gayantha Karunatilake told at the Weekly Cabinet Press Briefing held this morning at Department of the Government Information.

Commenting on the government’s decision, Co-Cabinet Spokesman, Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said that this will be a benefit to common consumer since they have spent 60 per cent of their daily expenditure for these two essential food items.

In addition to this decision, Cabinet decided to appoint a Committee of Officials to give proposals on granting further concessions for farmers whose cultivations have been destroyed due to bad weather conditions.