Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Food Minister Quamrul Islam and former Food Minister Abdur Razzak were also present in the meeting with the owners, importers, stockists, wholesale and retail traders, as the price of rice was increasing at an abnormal rate.http://bangla.bdnews24.com
After discussions in the presence of the journalists, Tofail said to the rice traders after the two-hour discussion, "We will take effective measures along with the ministries to remove the barriers."
With the approval of the use of plastic sacks instead of sacks for import, production and procurement for the next three months, the minister said, "The way we can bring rice, the use of plastic sacks has been relaxed for two to three months. The way you can bring rice, nobody will stop it. "
Besides, steps will also be taken to bring rice through Rohanpur from India, said Tofail.
In view of the widespread loss of crops in both floods as well as coming down to the bottom of the rice reserves, the government has decided to import rice by the end of last fiscal year. In addition to encouraging imports of private sector, 26 percent of the duty was reduced to two percent.
In the last two and a half months, the amount of rice imported by the government and the private sector is rising, but the price of rice is increasing in the market, behind which the mill owners are responsible for the tax evasion.
As a government, the price of rice has increased 18 percent in the last one month, 50 percent increase in one year. Now there is no thick rice in the market below 50 taka.
In order to stop the exchange of rice prices, the authorities started operations in different rice millers last week. Kushtia Khazanagore President of Bangladesh Rice Mallik Samity President Abdur Rashid was fined and fined.
But after finishing Rashid, the price of Miniket rice has been increased to 50 rupees per kg (50 kg). The price of other rice has increased with the help of her.
Regarding the directives of the DCs to carry out the drives in the run-ups, the commerce minister said in the meeting with the traders, "Now that you have a meeting with you, I am telling the concerned, so that no business is victimized harassment now."
Besides, the minister said the government will take steps to overcome various issues related to transport of rice inside the country.
After his speech, several rice traders present in the hall said, the price of rice will start to fall within two days.
After the meeting, Bangladesh Auto Major and Housing Mill Owners Association president Abdur Rashid told reporters, "There is a good meeting. Within two days, the price of rice will start decreasing. "
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