People buy essential commodities at subsidized prices from a government-run open market sale truck at Armanitola in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday. The Department of Agricultural Marketing under the Ministry of Agriculture is selling essential commodities, including agricultural products, at subsidized prices through the OMS program at a total of 45 points in Dhaka, Khulna, and Chittagong cities. | Focusbangla photo
The Department of Agricultural Marketing under the Ministry of Agriculture is selling essential commodities, including agricultural products, at subsidized prices through the OMS program at a total of 45 points in Dhaka, Khulna, and Chittagong cities.
The present interim government launched the OMS program for low-income people initially on October 15 at 20 points in the capital city. Later, the government took steps to sell essential goods at 10 more points on October 18 in the city’s area.
The government decided to extend the OMS program to Khulna and Chittagong after getting a huge response from low-income people to the program in Dhaka.
Later, the Department of Agricultural Marketing launched the OMS program at five points in Chittagong on October 22 and later, at another five points on October 27.
In Khulna, the government opened the OMS program at five places on October 28.
Director General of the Department of Agricultural Marketing Md Masud Karim told BSS that the government had taken steps to sell different items, including eggs, potatoes, onions, papayas, and green chilies at subsidized prices in different markets to reduce people’s economic hardship.
The Department of Agricultural Marketing is selling eggs at Tk 110 a dozen, potatoes at Tk 30 a kilogram, onion at Tk 70 a kilogram, green papaya at Tk 15 a kilogram, portal at Tk 30 a kilogram, corolla at Tk 40 a kilogram, cucumber at Tk 15 a kilogram and gourd at Tk 20 per piece.
The prices of essential agricultural products witnessed a rise due to the recent floods that damaged a lot of vegetable farmlands in 13 districts, leading to less supply and causing a sharp rise in the price of vegetables, said the Department of Agricultural Marketing.
