SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 12, 2019 (BSS) – Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today told the Jatiya Sangsad that the country’s current food grain stock was 15,30,317 metric tons.
Replying to a starred question from treasury bench member Waresat Hossain Belal, he said the reserve was tallied on February 5 while of the stock 1,349 tonnes were paddy, 13,53,442 tonnes were rice and 1,75,526 tonnes were wheat.
“We have 2,722 godowns for food grain and seven silos for wheat preservation across the country,” he said.
The minister said the warehouses could preserve 21,18,822 tonnes of grains at a time.