State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu on Sunday said efforts are on to sell products of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) among the common people through setting up permanent shops in the next fiscal year (FY25).
Besides, he said the plan is to sell TCB products among the mid-income group people at affordable prices in future.
Titu said, “From the next fiscal year (FY25), we want to sell products through permanent shops so that the beneficiaries can take away products timely.
We’ll try to make a buffer stock of TCB products in the next fiscal year so that we can control the price of essentials although there may be shortages of supplies at kitchen markets at different times.”
He said this while inaugurating the sale operations of TCB products for the month of June at Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Play Ground in the capital’s Pallabi area, reports BSS.
He informed that the government has already signed an agreement with Russia while efforts are on to sign such agreement with other countries.
Titu said when one crore families get such essential items at subsidised rates, the demands of rice, sugar, lentil and edible oil are met to a significant extent.
“Through providing four essential items at subsidised rates, we’re also controlling the price of essentials in the market.
There has been a bumper production of paddy in this season and our directorate general of food is procuring rice and paddy. Hopefully, we’ll be able to control the price of rice also.” he added.
In this June, nearly one crore TCB beneficiary families across the country will be provided 5 kg rice at Tk 30 per kg, 2 litres of soybean oil at Tk 100 per litre, 2 kg of lentil at Tk 60 per kg, and 1 kg of sugar at Tk 70 per kg in Dhaka. The price per package will be Tk 540.
Commerce Secretary Mohammad Selim Uddin, TCB Chairman Brigadier General Md Mostofa Iquebal, among others, were present on the occasion.
