The government has issued a notification fixing the prices of 29 daily commodities including domestic onion, gram, broiler chicken, beef. This information was informed in a circular signed by Director General of Agriculture Marketing Department Masood Karim on Friday (March 15).
According to the notification, under the power of Section 4 (j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, 2018, the Department of Agricultural Marketing has determined the reasonable price of agricultural products. Agricultural produce is requested to be bought and sold at the following prices till further instructions.
The new price has been fixed at three levels. A maximum price at producer level, wholesale market and retail price at consumer level are determined.
According to the new fixed price, gram can be sold at a maximum price of Tk 93 and a half in the wholesale market and Tk 98 at the retail level. The retail price of lentils will be Tk 130 50 paise and coarse grain lentils will be sold at Tk 105 50 paise. The maximum retail price of khesari dal will be Tk 93. Besides, Maskalai 166 taka 50 paisa and Mugdal retail market has fixed the maximum price of taka 165 paisa.
The maximum retail price of beef per kg has been fixed at Tk 664. Besides, the price of goat meat is 1 thousand 3 taka and the retail price of farmed pangas is 181 taka and the price of cutla fish has been fixed at 354 taka.
Besides, buyers can buy broiler chicken at Tk 175 and golden chicken at Tk 262. Besides, the price of each piece of egg will be 10 and a half taka.
The price of desi onion has been fixed at Tk 65 and garlic will be sold at Tk 120 and ginger at Tk 180. Besides, the maximum price of dried chillies will be 327 taka and raw chillies can be bought at 60 takas in the retail market.
On the other hand, among vegetables, cabbage and cauliflower have been fixed at Tk 30, eggplant and beans at Tk 50 and potato at Tk 28 and a half. Besides, the organization has fixed the retail price of tomato at 40 taka, sweet pumpkin at 24 taka per kg.
On the other hand, the price of Jahedi dates per kg in the market has been set at Tk 155. Apart from this, price of sea banana has been fixed at 30 rupees. Apart from this, the Agriculture Marketing Department has fixed the retail price of chira at 60 taka and gram flour at 121 taka.