The government has finalised the prices and targets for buying paddy and rice from the domestic market this Aman season.
Under the new rates, a total of 300,000 tonnes of paddy will be bought from farmers at Tk 35 a kg.
Targets have also been set to procure 500,000 tonnes of boiled rice at Tk 49 a kg and 50,000 tonnes of atap (sun-dried) rice at Tk 48 a kg.
Food Minister Afroza Khanam Rita gave the figures to journalists after a meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee at the Secretariat on Sunday.
She said paddy procurement will begin across the country on 14 November and continue until 28 February. Rice buying will start on 1 December and run until the same date.
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