Garment workers to get rice at Tk 30 per kg from today

According to sources at the Ministry of Food, initially this rice will be sold through truck sales in the country's major industrial areas. These include Dhaka metropolitan area and other areas of Dhaka district, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Chattogram metropolitan area and various areas of Chattogram district.

Since Friday is the workers' holiday, this special OMS operation will be conducted every Friday. Rice will be sold from trucks at designated locations from 10 am to 12:30 pm and from 2:30 pm to 5 pm (subject to stock availability).

Workers must follow specific rules to ensure transparency in purchasing rice. When purchasing rice, each worker must show a valid identity card or ID card from their respective factory (garment factory). Rice will then be sold by taking their signature on the master roll of the respective establishment.

This program is being conducted under the overall management of the Directorate General of Food under the Ministry of Food. To ensure transparency and proper implementation of the program, separate monitoring teams have already been formed by the Ministry of Food and the Directorate General of Food, who will directly supervise at the field level.

Relevant officials said that to make food easily available to low-income people and considering purchasing capacity, the government has been regularly conducting the OMS program at subsidized prices. This special initiative has been taken considering the contribution of the ready-made garment sector to the country's economy and the workers' current cost of living.