National procurement targets set at 8.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice for the upcoming season.
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Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative
The government has set procurement targets of 3 lakh tonnes of paddy at Tk35 per kg, 5 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice at Tk49 per kg and 50,000 tonnes of non-parboiled rice at Tk48 per kg for the upcoming season.
Food Minister Afroza Khanam disclosed the targets in parliament today (15 November) in response to a question from lawmaker Selimuzzaman Mollah.
The session was chaired by Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal.
Mollah asked whether the government had set any food procurement targets for Gopalganj for the upcoming season and, if so, what the targets and procurement prices would be.
In response, the food minister said the national procurement targets and prices had been finalised at a meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) held at the Ministry of Food on 8 November.
She said specific procurement targets for paddy and rice in Gopalganj would be announced shortly after assessing production estimates submitted by field-level officials and the district’s fortnightly rice milling capacity.
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