Shamim Jahangir

The Government, for the second time, is taking preparation to provide its proposed cash diesel subsidy of Tk 540 crore to farmers for Boro cultivation.
To this effect, the Ministry of Agriculture has already formed a high power committee to prepare a list of the farmers who are using diesel-powered irrigation pumps for Boro cultivation across the country.
“After completing the lists of farmers, the Ministry will be able to distribute the cash subsidy before the national election,” a senior official of the Ministry said. [Read more]