Govt to sell vegetables, eggs through OMS from Tuesday

The government has decided to start selling of potato, eggs, onion, pointed gourds under Open Market Sale (OMS) in the capital from Tuesday.

“For the first time we are going to start selling of perishable items such as potato, egg, onion, pointed gourds at different points in the city to give relief to the fixed income group people,” secretary of the agriculture ministry Dr Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian told the media on Monday.

He said the government will also sell some vegetables at subsidised prices to the low-income groups as part of a pilot project in the capital.

Adviser for the agriculture ministry Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser for the commerce ministry Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, commerce secretary Md Selim Uddin and agriculture secretary Dr Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian are expected to attend at the opening programme to be held in front of the Directorate General of Food Office on Tuesday.

“We will inaugurate selling of potatoes, egg, onion and patal in front of the Directorate General of Food Office at Abdul Ghani Road at 11am tomorrow,” the agriculture secretary said.

He said per kilogram of potato will be sold at Taka 30, per dozen of egg at Taka 130, per kilogram of onion at Taka 70 and green vegetables will sold at least 20-30 percent less than the existing market price.

The agriculture secretary said the ministry will directly collect the perishable items such as potato, egg, onion and pointed gourds, directly from farmers and then sell those through the OMS at designated spots in the city.

At least 20 locations have been fixed for selling the items for the next two weeks and if the pilot project is successful, the number of selling points and days would be increased, he added.