The government has planned to import rice, if required, by reducing import duty to keep the market stable and prevent price manipulation.
There has been a bumper production of crops this year and the farmers are getting fair prices, said a Food Ministry hand-out on Tuesday, reports UNB.
If the rice market is destabilized despite this, and millers make delay in supplying rice to the government warehouses defying the deals with them, the government will import rice, if necessary, by reducing import duty, the hand-out added.
