BSS: The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved separate proposals for procuring 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG and 70,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer to meet the growing demand.
The approvals came from the 11th meeting of the CCGP held on Thursday virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair. Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan informed that the day’s CCGP meeting approved a total of seven proposals.He said that following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure some 40,000 metric tonnes of DAP fertilizer from OCP, SA, Morocco under state-level agreement with around Tk262.13 crore where per tonne fertilizer would cost $610 against the previous price of $710. Mahbub said that in response to another proposal from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 metric tonnes of bagged granular fertilizer under the 14th lot from KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Tk105.43 crore with per tonne fertilizer costing $327.62 down from the previous price of $330.62.