Shawdesh desk:

Food minister Sadhan Chandar Majumder on Thursday said that the government was planning to provide over one crore families with 10 kilograms of rice under Vulnerable Group Feeding 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 that the government usually distributed 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 that over one crore families of the country got 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 for five months—March, April, May, September and October a year.