- The Hon. Minister of Food Security was requested to take action to release the stocks of rice imported by the previous government and lying in storage, to the market before the Maha Season harvest of 2014/2015 enters the market, after having examined whether such stocks of rice are suitable for human consumption.

It was also decided to request the Hon. Minister of Finance to take action to increase the prevailing tax of Rs. 1% per kg for the imported rice appropriately, with a view to enabling the domestic farmers to receive a reasonable price by the time the harvest in the Maha Season enters the market.