Govt takes zero tolerance policy to control rice price

DE Online Desk
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has said that the government has taken a zero tolerance policy to control rice price.
The minister said this while speaking at a divisional level view-sharing meeting with stakeholders related to controlling rice price hike at the conference hall of Rajshahi Deputy Commissioner as the chief guest on Thursday.
He said the country has attained bumper production of the last aman and boro rice so there is no reason for rice price hike.
He urged the local civil and police administration to take action against any hoarding of rice. There will be no scope of illegal storage of rice with ulterior motives of making profit. Law violators must be brought to book.
The minister said they are working relentlessly to keep the rice price static throughout the country and urged all to extend their wholehearted cooperation to make the effort successful.
Officials of administration, police, food, agriculture and other line departments and rice millers, dealers, traders and other stakeholders from all eight districts in the division joined the meeting and some of them took part in its open discussion sharing their views on the issue.