Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque has warned of tougher action against those who will be found involve in selling fertilizer in exorbitant price compared to the price fixed by the government as the country has substantial stock of fertilizer, reports BSS.
"Directives have already been given to the concerned field level officials to strictly monitor that none can sale fertilizer in excessive price...If any allegation found then strict punitive action would be taken," he said.
The minister said this while exchanging views with the journalists on contemporary affairs at his secretariat office in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
"The country has enough stock of all kinds of fertilizer including Urea, TSP, DAP and MoP," he said, adding that the concerned officials must be kept vigil that none can create artificial fertilizer crisis in anywhere in the country.
Dr Razzaque, however, said recent fuel price hike would not create any impact on fertilizer price, adding: "Even the production would not be hampered but the price of the agro-commodity will soar."
Responding to a query, the agriculture minister said: "The government is trying exclusively to reduce the hardship of the people," he said, adding that the price of food stuffs, fertilizer, oil and gas has been soared exorbitantly resulting in various global reasons including ongoing pandemic and war between Ukraine and Russia.
As part of minimizing people's hardship, Dr Razzaque said the government will distribute rice to 50 lakh families at a cost of Taka 15 per kilogram. Even different social safety net programmes will also be continued.
On August 1, the government increased the price of Urea fertilizers by Tk6 per kg citing the global market situation.
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