
The Government, in line with the President’s Visions of Prosperity policy has already commenced purchasing paddy at a minimum guaranteed price of Rs. 50 per one kilogram under the government’s program to purchase the paddy harvest in Maha season 2019/2020. It is noteworthy that the government for the first time this year will buy the paddy with moisture content higher than the usual as a special benefit to the farmer, the Ministry of Finance said.