{
  "id": 585466,
  "title": "Cabinet approves converting Paddy stocks owned by the Paddy Marketing Board into Rice and releasing it to the market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/cabinet-approves-converting-paddy-stocks-owned-by-the-paddy-marketing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T15:45:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/cabinet-approves-converting-paddy-stocks-owned-by-the-paddy-marketing-board-into-rice-and-releasing-it-to-the-market/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At the 34th Food Policy and Security Committee meeting held on 2026-07-22, it has been recommended that the paddy stocks owned by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) be converted into rice via the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment, with the objective of facilitating the government’ paddy procurement process. Based on these recommendations, the Cabinet of Ministers has […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}