Gazette notifications were issued yesterday (2) declaring maximum retail prices (MRPs) for sugar and rice, with immediate effect.
The gazette notifications were issued by order of Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Chairman Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Shantha Dissanayake, under Section 20 (5) of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003.
The MRP of white sugar was declared as Rs. 122 per kg (unpacketed) and Rs. 125 per kg (packeted) while the MRP of brown or red sugar was listed as Rs. 125 per kg (unpacketed) and Rs. 128 per kg (packeted).
Meanwhile the MRPs of keeri samba, white and red samba, white and red nadu, and white and red raw rice have also been gazetted.
The MRPs of rice and sugar are as follows:
Rice
- Keeri samba – Rs. 125 per kg
- White/red samba – steamed/boiled (excluding suduru samba) – Rs. 103 per kg
- White/red nadu – steamed/boiled (excluding mottaikarupan and attakari) – Rs. 98 per kg
- White/red raw rice – Rs. 95 per kg
- White sugar (unpacketed) – Rs. 122 per kg
- White sugar (packeted) – Rs. 125 per kg
- Brown or red sugar (unpacketed) – Rs. 125 per kg
- Brown or red sugar (packeted) – Rs. 128 per kg