The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase approved separate proposals for procuring some 60,000 tonnes of fertilizer and 10,000 tonnes of lentil to meet the growing domestic demand.
The approval came from the 2nd meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Wednesday at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance and Commerce adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, he said following a proposal state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 10,000 tonnes of lentil from M/S Sahara Enterprise, Dhaka under local Open Tender Method (OTM) at around Taka 98.20 crore where per kg lentil would cost Taka 98.20.
In response to two separate proposals Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE under a state-level agreement at around Taka 121.48 crore with per ton fertilizer costing $343.17.
The BCIC will purchase another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertilizer from KAFCO, Bangladesh under the 1st lot for the current fiscal year (FY25) at around Taka 116.99 crore where per ton fertilizer would cost $330.50.
Replying to a question, the Finance Adviser said that the current priorities of the government are to procure and ensure fertilizer and energy to the countrymen since those are very much essential.
He told another questioner that the government is trying to bring the consignments of fertilizer as soon as possible eying the Boro season. The adviser also informed that the consignments of lentil would be brought to the country as early as possible.
