Govt to buy Tk 76.89cr lentils for TCB

The government has approved the purchase of 10,000 metric tonnes of lentils at a cost of Tk 76.89 crore to sell at subsidised prices to low-income families holding Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) cards.

The approval was given at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase, chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Commerce proposed the procurement under the finance ministry’s counter-guarantee arrangement, with an estimated cost of Tk 76.89 crore.