Govt to procure 55 lakh litres soybean oil, 60,000 tonnes fertiliser

The authorities as of late (27 November) authorized separate proposals for procuring some 55 lakh litres of soybean oil, 60,000 tonnes of fertiliser and 50,000 tonnes of wheat to meet the rising quiz of the country.

Besides, the authorities authorized separate proposals to receive 20,000 tonnes of sugar and 20,000 tonnes of lentil.

The approvals got here from the 14th assembly of the Advisers’ Council Committee on Authorities Salvage on this year held as of late at the Cupboard Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed within the chair.

Briefing journalists after the assembly, the finance adviser talked about they’ve particular attention on procurement of well-known items.

“We’re now procuring lentil, fertiliser and wheat,” he added.

Responding to a ask, he talked about consolation has been restored to some extent among the everyday of us concerning the costs of essentials.

“We’re attempting to be definite that there stays no longer vital gap between the manufacturing price, import price and at the retail or particular person level while such gap does no longer change into irrational,” he added.

Cupboard Division officials talked about following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the TCB would receive 55 lakh litres of soybean oil from Bashundhara Multi Meals Merchandise Ltd with spherical Tk91.30 crore with per liter oil costing Tk166.

The assembly furthermore authorized two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce where the TCB would receive 10,000 tonnes of sugar thru local Birth Soft Formulation (OTM) from Meghna Sugar Refinery Ltd with spherical Tk116.85 crore with per kg sugar costing Tk116.85 while the TCB would personal one other consignment of 10,000 tonnes of sugar thru local OTM scheme from Meghna Sugar Refinery Ltd with spherical Tk115.85 crore where per kg sugar would price Tk115.85.

Essentially based fully on two other proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the TCB would receive 10,000 tonnes of lentil from Nabil Naba Foods Ltd below local OTM scheme with spherical Tk97.97 crore where per kg lentil would price Tk97.97 while the TCB would personal one other consignment of 10,000 tonnes of lentil from Nabil Naba Foods Ltd below local OTM scheme with spherical Tk97.22 crore where per kg lentil would price Tk97.22.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Meals, the Directorate Frequent of Meals would receive 50,000 tonnes of wheat from M/S Agrocorp World Pte Ltd, Singapore below global OTM scheme with spherical Tk171.65 crore while per ton fertiliser costing $286.08.

Besides, following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Company (BCIC) would receive 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertiliser from KAFCO, Bangladesh with spherical Tk120.82 crore while the BCIC would personal one other consignment of 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from SABIC Agri-vitamins Firm, Saudi Arabia with spherical Tk124.83 crore.