Five million ultra-poor people to get rice at Tk10 per kg

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Ultra poor people in the country will receive rice in subsidized price for five months- March, April, September, October, and NovemberDhaka Tribune
Each ultra-poor family will get 30kg rice per month.

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The government will provide rice at Tk10 per kg to five million ultra-poor families across the country from March under the food friendly programme, Food Minister Qamrul Islam says.

“Under this programme each ultra-poor family will get 30kg rice per month,” he told a press conference at the Secretariat on Thursday.

Qamrul said the government decided to purchase 6 lakh tons of rice during this Aman season. It has already procured 5.40 lakh tons of rice. The rest will be procured in due time.

He further said the government has a stock of food grain of 14.20 tons. Of them 10.40 tons are rice while the rest are wheat.

In 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had launched the food friendly program for the ultra-poor at Chilmari Upazila in Kurigram.

The food minister said since then under this programme, rice is provided to the ultra-poor for five months of the year– March, April, September, October, and November. For that the government requires 7 lakh tons of rice a year.

Food Secretary Shahabuddin Ahmed and other senior officials were present at the press conference.

Source: http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/commerce/2018/02/22/rice-ultra-poor-tk10-per-kg/

 

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Progressive change, would love it if it was all year round instead of just 5 months in a year. I am sure BD can afford to subsidise basic food for the poorest in our country.

 

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