B40 ensured of affordable white rice


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400,000 households to benefit from 2.4 million 10kg bags for half a year

PUTRAJAYA: For the next six months, the government will ensure that even the hardcore poor will be able to afford good-quality local white rice, says padi and rice regulatory director-general Datuk Badrul Hisham Mohd (pic).

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