PETALING JAYA: Malaysians can breathe a sigh of relief over rice shortage woes for now as India has agreed to export 170,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Malaysia, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir.
PETALING JAYA: There is no plan to increase the ceiling price of local white rice to RM3.40 per kg as suggested by certain quarters, says the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
PETALING JAYA: The proposal to increase the ceiling price of local white rice to RM3.40 per kg has been shot down by the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry is confident that the shortage of local white rice in the domestic market will be overcome now that the harvest season has begun in Kedah.
KEPALA BATAS: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS) expects the shortage of local white rice supply in the market to stabilise within a month following various intervention measures and continuous monitoring from the government.