KUALA LUMPUR: Increasing the local white rice supply to rural areas and subsidising the cost of the imported grain in Sabah and Sarawak will be among the four measures to be undertaken to tackle the country’s shortage, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.
Mohamad said the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority had been instructed to increase local white rice distribution to rural areas, including sundry stores.
“The government has agreed to give a subsidy of RM950 per metric tonne of imported white rice beginning Thursday, which will see the price of a 10kg pack of imported white rice in both states costing RM31.Other measures include permitting white rice suppliers contracted by the government to get imported white rice at wholesale prices.“It is subject to the terms and conditions set in place,” said Mohamad.
It will involve the ministry’s Padi and Rice Regulatory Division, the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry’s enforcement division, the police, the Customs Department and the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services. “We will take strict action against anyone found guilty of mixing imported white rice with local white rice or even hiding their local white rice stocks,” he said.
He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had previously contacted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the matter.
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