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Govt procures 16 lakh tonnes food grains in FY 2018-19
SANGSAD BHABAN, July 8, 2019 (BSS) – Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder
today said the government procured nearly 16 lakh metric tonnes of food
grains in the last fiscal 2018-19.
“A total of over 15.9 lakh metric tonnes of food grains was procured in
fiscal 2018-19. Of those, 40,175 metric tonnes were wheat while 84,309 metric
tonnes paddy and 14,66,486 metric tonnes rice,” he said while replying to a
starred question placed by ruling party lawmaker Md Ayeen Uddin (Rajshahi-3)
in the Jatiya Sangsad here.
Responding to another question placed by treasury bench lawmaker Ali Azam,
Majumder said the government decided to procure four lakh metric tonnes of
paddy directly from farmers during the current boro season, fixing the price
of per tonne paddy at Tk 26,000.
That is why the government will spend Tk 1,040 crore to procure four lakh
metric tonnes of paddy, he said.
The food minister said the government has so far procured 84,309 metric
tonnes of paddy this boro season.
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