Purchase committee approves 18 proposals

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved 18 proposals, including three proposals to fix power tariff for procuring power from three solar power plants for a long 20-year period.

The approval came from the 5th meeting of the CCGP in this year held today at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in the chair on Thursday.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Secretary of the Cabinet Division (Coordination and Reform) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan said that the day's meeting approved a total of eighteen proposals.

He said following a proposal from the Power Division, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) would procure electricity at Taka 10.92 for per kilowatt hour from joint venture of the Energon Renewables (BD) Ltd and PWR for a 20-year period under "No electricity no payment" method with around Taka 3,537.60 crore from the 100MW solar power plant being set up at Rupsa upazila under Khulna district.