Record amount of rice in country stock: Food Minister

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said that the country has a record stock of 1.7 million metric tons of rice.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told reporters after the second session of the second day of the Deputy Commissioners' (DC) Conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Wednesday (January 19).

"Our rice stocks are the largest ever, "he said. That is the stock of quality rice."

He said OMS is open all year round. From Thursday, rice will be sold in the open market at the upazila level through 1,760 dealers. Sadhan Chandra Majumder also said that this OMS program will continue till further instructions.

The Deputy Commissioners held a working session with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Food. Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam presided over the function.