The government set the price of Miniket



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Food Minister Sadhan Chandra MajumderThe government has set Rs 51.50 per kg for high quality miniket rice and Rs 45 per kg for medium quality miniket rice. Therefore, the price of a 50 kg bag will be 2,565 rupees. The medium quality 50kg bag is 2,250 rupees.

The decision to set the price of rice was made after discussions with the country’s rice mill owners, wholesalers and retailers held at the Khadya Bhaban conference room on Abdul Gani Road in the capital on Tuesday (September 29). .

The Food Ministry said in a press release that the rate set by the government would apply to Millgate. Rice business

Meanwhile, the meeting sources said, the meeting was chaired by Food Ministry Secretary Moshammat Nazmanara Khanum, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, and Commerce Secretary. Maryland. Zafar Uddin, Secretary of Agriculture. Nasiruzzaman, Director General of the Sarwar Mahmud Food Department, was present.

At the time, the food minister lamented: “The rice market has become unstable due to a class of dishonest rice mill owners storing rice and rice illegally. I have thousands of metric tons of rice in my own constituency, Naogaon.

During the meeting, the Food Minister further said: ‘The country’s farmers do not have even two percent rice. I did a secret survey and found about 50 mills. These mills have a minimum stock of 200 metric tons and a maximum of 3000 metric tons of rice. There are even 500 metric tons of rice in stock. Shopkeepers also store rice and rice.

Addressing the mill owners, the food minister said: ‘Everyone knows. But he is not cooperating with the government with information.



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