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Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 9.08 GMT |
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Promptly implement Govt decisions, President
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed
Ministry Secretaries to take prompt action
in implementing the decisions taken by the
government for the welfare of the people.
The President gave these directions when he
presided the fifth Ministerial Sub-Committee
meeting on 'Food Security' and 'Cost of
Living Regulation' at Temple Trees on
Tuesday.
President directed the Trade and Commerce
Ministry officials to take measures in
slashing the rice price by next week. In so
doing, President pointed out that the
purchase price of paddy should not fall
excessively in a manner detrimental to the
local farmer.
In a bid to protect the indigenous farming
industry and to encourage the cultivation of
fallow lands, the President had also
directed the relevant officials to probe
into the possibility of offering a higher
price for paddy.
The conservation of power which is generated
at an exorbitant cost, was also discussed at
length. On a concept of President Rajapaksa,
it was decided to use 'Solar Power' in
street lighting and also to distribute two
CFL lamps free, to each household, via the
CEB, in a bid to popularise same among the
consumers.
The limitation of diesel-oil sourced power,
the distribution of oil via CTB depots by
the next two weeks, the mandatory selling of
a sufficient quantity of their fish-catch to
the Fisheries Corporation by every vessel
landing at any commercial port, the use of
Phosphate as an alternate Chemical
Fertiliser, had also come up for discussion.
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka,
Ministers D.M. Jayaratne, A.H.M. Fowzie,
Bandula Gunawardena, Kumara Welgama, Anura
Priyadarshana Yapa, Felix Perera,
President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and
Ministry Secretaries participated.
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