Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Monday said the government is taking action as per the decision of the task force to control the price hike of the essentials.
"The latest meeting of the task force was held on March 19, 2023 ... action is being taken as per the decision of the task force", he said.
The minister said this while responding to a star-marked question made by M Habibur Rahman of Bogura-5 at the question-answer session which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad.
To control the price hike of the essentials, the minister said the government has formed a task force dubbed "commodity price and market review" with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the chair on March 27, 2022.
The task force was formed as per the decision of a meeting held at the cabinet division.
