The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some five lakh metric tons of wheat, some 3.30 lakh metric tons of rice and some 1.60 lakh metric tons of fertilizer to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approvals came from the 25th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year held on Wednesday virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair, reports BSS.
Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division additional secretary Md Abdul Barik informed that a total of 15 proposals were approved on Wednesday.
He said following a proposal from the Ministry of Food, the government would procure some 5 lakh metric tons of wheat from Russia on G to G basis with around Taka 2,042.50 crore where the price for per metric ton of wheat would be $430 while that of per KG wheat Tk 40.85.
Barik said in another proposal, the government would procure some 1 lakh metric tons of non-Basmati boiled rice on G to G basis from India. Out of the total volume, some 70,000 metric tons of rice would come through sea port costing Taka 42.13 per KG while another 30,000 metric tons of rice through land port with a cost of Taka 40.70 per KG.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
