The government today approved separate proposals for procuring rice, lentil and edible oil to address domestic demands and stabilize markets.
The approvals came from the 17th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) held here at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat.
Adviser to the Ministry of Finance Dr Salehuddin Ahmed chaired the meeting.
Following a proposal of the Ministry of Food, the Food Authority would procure 50,000 MT of non-Basmati boiled rice through an international open tender from M/S Bagadiya Brothers Private Limited, Indian at a total cost of Tk 274 crore, with each MT priced at $456.67.
In response to a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 10,000 MTs of lentil from Sheikh Agro Food Industries under local Open Tender Method (OTM) with around Taka 95.40 crore where per kilogram (Kg) lentil would cost Taka 95.40.
The TCB would also procure 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil under local OTM for the current fiscal year from City Edible Oil Limited with around Taka 189.47 crore with the price of per litre oil fixed at Taka 172.25.
