KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 — The government has increased the purchase limit of subsidised local white rice (BPT) from two bags to five bags per transaction to encourage consumers to buy local rice and avoid stock dumping in the market.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM) to expedite efforts to restore the supply of local white rice (BPT) in the market.

PUTRAJAYA, Mar 1 — The Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994 (Act 522) does not have clear provisions for prosecuting people involved in the 50-year-old practice of mixing imported white rice (BPI) and local white rice (BPT), said the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS).

PETALING JAYA, Feb 28 — The standardisation of “zakat fitrah” (personal tithe) rates based on rice grades will be decided by state fatwa committees and Islamic religious councils, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar.

SERDANG, June 7 — All the relevant parties are still discussing the proposal to increase the ceiling price of local white rice (BPT) before a decision is made, said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — A total of 519.36 metric tonnes or 51,936 bags of local white rice (BPT) was distributed through the Special BPT Programme as a short-term initiative to overcome the issue of local white rice shortage in the market.

TELUK INTAN, Oct 13 — The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) is looking to distribute 2,000 tonnes of local white rice (BPT) nationwide every month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Issues of the increase in the price of goods, the shortage of local white rice and the haze situation in the country are among the matters to be raised in Parliament today.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 4 — All enforcement agencies are allowed to carry out inspections at paddy millers and rice wholesalers nationwide under Section 6 of the Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994.

KEPALA BATAS, Sept 20 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry 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.

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 — Penang became the first state to receive 30,000 kilogrammes (kg) of rice through a local white rice distribution intervention programme today in an effort to increase the supply of rice in the state.