Minister: Power price hike not going to affect farmers
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There is no shortage of food in country, he says
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said that the small and marginal farmers will not suffer from the price hike of power as they get subsidies from the government for irrigation.
“The government distributes free fertilizers and seeds to small and marginal farmers. Farmers get electricity for irrigation at a subsidized price. As a result, the increase in electricity prices will not have much impact,” he said on Thursday.
The minister was talking to the journalists while inaugurating the newly constructed building of the Naogaon District Food Controller's office, worth around Tk3 crore, a press release said.
Pointing at rice mill owners, he said that multiple silos cannot be kept under one license.
If there are licenses with different names, the silos should be identified accordingly, he added.
The food minister said that a digital system has been introduced for farmers to purchase paddy.
Mentioning that there is no shortage of food in the country, the minister said there is no reason to worry about this.
The process of buying 3.5 lakh metric tons of wheat was completed seven days ago.
The minister urged the consumers not to pay heed to rumours and not to buy too much rice at a time.
With Acting Deputy Commissioner Milton Chandra Roy in the chair, the inauguration program was addressed, among others, by Secretary of Food Ministry Md Ismail Hossain, Director General of the Directorate General of Food Md Shakhawat Hossain, Additional Director General Abdullah Al Mamun, Regional Food Controller Rajshahi Zahirul Islam, Naogaon Additional Superintendent of Police Ehsanur Rahman, and District Food Controller Muhammad Tanvir Rahman.
Source: BSS