Govt to spend Tk 1,040 cr for paddy purchase, food minister tells JS

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SANGSAD BHABAN, July 8, 2019 (BSS) – The government will spend Taka 1040 crore for procuring 4 lakh metric tons of paddy from the farmers during the current boro season.

“The government has decided to procure 4 lakh metric tons of paddy during the boro season of 2019 …with per ton paddy price of Taka 26,000,” said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder while replying to a query placed by treasury bench lawmaker Mohammad Ayenuddin of Rajshahi-3 in the House here today.

So far, the food ministry procured 79,463 metric tons of paddy with a price of Taka 206.60 crore, he added.