Follow the decision to release reserve rice, the first auction and a shift toward direct contracts. Announcing supply is different from getting rice onto shop shelves or proving that prices fell.
February-May 2025 policy milestones. Later retail-price changes are not inferred from the release announcements.
Dates without a time use the local date of the event.
The agriculture ministry announced plans to release 210,000 tonnes of reserve rice to address distribution problems.
The announcement set a supply measure in motion. It did not mean that all of that rice was already in stores.
Bidding began for an initial 150,000 tonnes of reserve rice, with eligible large distributors taking part.
Winning bids and retail distribution occur at different stages, so auction volume is not a retail-sales total.
The ministry began selling government reserve rice through direct contracts under a new distribution procedure.
This changed the allocation mechanism. Price effects require later retail evidence rather than assumptions.
February-May 2025 policy milestones. Later retail-price changes are not inferred from the release announcements.