Govt plans to provide 10 kg rice to 1 crore families each during Ramadan: Food Minister

Food Minister Sadhan Chandar Majumder on Thursday the government is planning to provide over one crore families with 10 kg rice under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in the upcoming Ramadan.

He said this while responding to a question from journalists at the secretariat.

The country has achieved bumper Aman yield and the country won’t need to import rice once good yield of Boro paddy is achieved, said the minister .

He said the government usually distributes rice to people during the Ramadan under rationing, Kabikha, TR and OMS programmes.

"Rice and flour are distributed through 2500 dealers across the country on a regular basis,” he said, adding that the lower-income people can buy 5 kg rice at Tk 30 per kg and 3 kg flour at Tk 24 under OMS programme.

He said over one crore families of the country get 5 kg rice and 3 kg flour each round the year and no one will fall in crisis for rice  in the Ramadan.

50 lakh families will be provided with 30 kg rice at Tk 15 per kg  from March 1 and people usually get  rice under the progamme five months—March, April, May, September and October a year.