OMS of rice starts today in four dists
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice restarts today (Wednesday) at the rate of Tk 22 per kilogram in four labour-intensive districts, including Dhaka, as an interventional measure to stem an upturn in the market prices, reports UNB.
The other three districts coming under the rice rationing are Narayanganj, Narsingdi and Gazipur where large numbers of garment workers live and work in the export industry.
As per the OMS rules, each customer can buy a maximum of 5.0 kg of rice a day.
"The outlets will remain open every day from 9:00am to 4:00pm, except Fridays," says an official announcement.
Besides, Food Department will also sell rice from trucks at the same price in different densely populated areas of the capital.
Earlier, the government had decided to release about 200,000 tonnes of food-grain each month from government godowns over the next four months through Food for Work and Test Relief arrangements to control the price hike of rice, which is largely attributed to market manipulation by profiteers.
However, no sign of downward trend of the rice prices is yet in sight in spite of some 115,000 tonnes are being stored in government stock.
A Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) report says coarse rice of various varieties was selling at Tk 26 to Tk 28 Tuesday.
The other three districts coming under the rice rationing are Narayanganj, Narsingdi and Gazipur where large numbers of garment workers live and work in the export industry.
As per the OMS rules, each customer can buy a maximum of 5.0 kg of rice a day.
"The outlets will remain open every day from 9:00am to 4:00pm, except Fridays," says an official announcement.
Besides, Food Department will also sell rice from trucks at the same price in different densely populated areas of the capital.
Earlier, the government had decided to release about 200,000 tonnes of food-grain each month from government godowns over the next four months through Food for Work and Test Relief arrangements to control the price hike of rice, which is largely attributed to market manipulation by profiteers.
However, no sign of downward trend of the rice prices is yet in sight in spite of some 115,000 tonnes are being stored in government stock.
A Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) report says coarse rice of various varieties was selling at Tk 26 to Tk 28 Tuesday.