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 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.