Syndicate will not be tolerated on rice prices: Food Minister

News Desk: The stock situation of paddy and rice is being checked all over the country. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said they would be imported if necessary.

The minister said this while exchanging views with the leaders of the local rice mill owners' group in Naogaon on Wednesday. The minister said the syndicate would not tolerate the price of rice in any way. The collection objective of the Borough season has been successful. However, a decision will be taken soon on the millers who did not supply rice even after signing the contract.

Besides, 6 teams from the Ministry of Consumer Rights and Commerce are monitoring the market all the time. At the exchange of views, the mill owners raised the issue of not importing rice. At the same time, the mill owners called for kindness to the millers who failed to pay the rice.