The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on Sunday started selling its products for the month of September among around one crore TCB card holders in low-income families.
Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Tapan Kanti Ghosh formally inaugurated the program in Dhaka on Sunday.
Commerce Ministry Additional Secretary AKM Ali Ahad Khan, TCB Chairman Brig Gen Md Ariful Hasan and ward 24 councilor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Shafiullah Shafi were present, among others, on the occasion.
After the formal inauguration of such selling operations, Tapan said that some five crore people are being benefitted through TCB as its products are being sold every month.
He said that the government needs to provide a Tk5,200 crore subsidy every year for selling TCB items once to its consumers every month.
The secretary said that considering all aspects and the capacity of the state-run corporation, the government is considering the matter with importance to provide TCB items twice to its consumers every month.
Every TCB card holder consumer can now avail two litres of soybean oil, 2 kgs of lentil and 1 kg sugar under a package with only Tk405.
Such a month-long operation is being conducted through some 300 dealers in the capital and also some 3,500 dealers across the country.
According to TCB, onions will be sold in metropolitan areas subject to its availability from abroad.
Besides, the TCB is selling soybean oil at Tk110 per litre, lentils at Tk65 per litre and sugar at Tk55 per kg.
