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PADDY-PURCHASING-MAJUMDER
Govt is collecting paddy from farmers: Majumder
KHULNA, Aug 5, 2019 (BSS) – Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today
said the government is purchasing Boro paddy from farmers to ensure fair
prices of the staple crop.
“We are strictly dealing with the issue of paddy purchasing from farmers
as the country has witnessed bumper paddy production this year,” he told at a
meeting with officials of Directorate General of Food in the conference room
of Khulna Circuit House here.
Additional Secretary of the Food Ministry Md Omar Faruq, Additional
Director General of Food Department Md Abdul Aziz Molla and officials, among
others, addressed the meeting with deputy commissioner Mohammad Helal Hossain
in the chair.
Majumdar urged officials of Directorate General of Food to perform their
duties sincerely and honestly to provide better services to the people.
The country has achieved self-sufficiency in food as the government has
attached highest priority to the food production, he said adding, “We are
planning to export different varieties of food in future.”
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