Apart from the $5.4 billion paid to farmers and millers to cover the costs for white rice and paddy shipped to Venezuela, government has not provided any additional support to the industry, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has told the National Assembly.
PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali had asked the Minister to indicate exactly what additional support was provided to the rice industry from the $5 billion, other than mere payment to farmers and millers for the rice and paddy they produced and supplied. In a written response submitted to the House, Jordan said that no additional financial
