Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said that India has yet to receive a formal proposal, although it has spread the news that India is trying to supply low quality onions to Bangladesh.
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After India stopped exporting in September last year due to disruptions in production, the price of onion in the Bangladeshi market rose to
Then, along with the import of large onions from Egypt, Turkey and China, the price of domestic onions rose in the market and prices started falling. At the end of December, the price of new onion came down to around Rs 5, but the market is still not stable.
Meanwhile, India is also focusing on imports when production is in crisis. However, due to the question of the quality of onion imported by the central government, the state government is unwilling to take it and now India is trying to sell it to Bangladesh.
Journalists questioned him after receiving the Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi at the Secretariat's meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement on Thursday.
"We haven't got any proposals here yet, and neither are we in a consolidation," he said.
Asked if there was any proposal from India, the Commerce Minister said, "They have talked to the Foreign Ministry, they may propose, we do not know."
Asked if India's onions would be imported if the proposal came, Tipu Munshi said, “If the proposal comes, then I will consider the situation and consider what kind of proposals. And I'm importing myself directly. If it is still switable then it will be seen. But we do not have it in the consolidation now. ”