Coupon system to be submitted in the parliament next week to ensure fair prices

A rationing system is being mooted by the Government for essential food stuffs to arrest the skyrocketing prices, The Sunday Times Newspaper reported.

Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena is to propose to the Cabinet a rationing system for sugar and essential items sold via Lanka Sathosa outlets to provide items at lower than the market prices that have risen sharply in recent months.

The private sector will continue in its present form.

The proposal, once approved by the Cabinet will be implemented while a decision is made on the quantity to be rationed and the prices which will be lower than the current market prices, Mr Gunawardena told the Sunday Times.

The proposal will be submitted at next week’s Cabinet meeting which has been scheduled to take place via Zoom, the Sunday Times news report added.

Opposition MP Harsha de Silva had posted the following tweet responding to the Sunday Times News report.