The government increased the price of potatoes to 35 Tk per kg.

To curb the continuous rise in prices, the government has increased the price of potatoes by Tk 5 per kg to Rs 35 for sale in the retail market. The price was set by the Department of Agricultural Marketing after a meeting with potato traders. The wholesale price has been set at Rs 30 / kg and in the cold room at Rs 28 / kg.

The meeting was held in Khamarbari in the capital on Tuesday. After that, the re-fixed price of the potato was reported in the media. The Department of Agricultural Marketing has asked all the Deputy Commissioners to take the necessary measures for strict monitoring and surveillance so that cold store vendors, wholesalers and retailers sell potatoes at the price set at this time.

The meeting was chaired by the Director General of the Department of Agricultural Marketing, Mohammad Yusuf, and was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Commerce, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission and the National Department of Consumer Rights Protection.

On October 6, the government had set the price of potatoes at 23 Tk per kg at the cold storage level, 25 Tk at the wholesale level and 30 Tk at the consumer level in the retail market. Potato traders objected to this price. At one point, the potato disappeared from the market. In this context, the price is fixed again today.

Hours earlier, while speaking to the media in his Secretariat office, the Minister of Agriculture had indicated to re-determine the price of potatoes. Abdur Razzak. At the time, the minister said: ‘Last year, farmers didn’t get the price for potatoes. The government tried but could not raise the price. This has reduced the potato growing area. Production has also been somewhat lower. Our goal this time was to increase the price of potatoes. It will be a catastrophic situation to raise prices, especially low-income people, rickshaw drivers and truck workers. Can’t think of that price. It is sold for 50 rupees or more.

In response to a question at the time, the Minister of Agriculture further said: ‘Traders are always on the profit side. They are watching, this time the potatoes will be late. That is why the price of potatoes has risen abnormally. Open market economy, we cannot control that way. We can monitor, we can pressure. If something unusual is done, action can be taken there. ‘