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Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has said the government will revise the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) cards and increase their number to one crore (10 million).
"The government will make necessary corrections to the TCB card system by expanding it to one crore, and the process will be completed as soon as possible," he said.
The adviser made the remark while addressing a view exchange meeting with TCB dealers and other stakeholders at the Khulna deputy commissioner's conference room on Monday, BSS reports.
The adviser emphasised that only those who are genuinely needy and eligible will be included in the TCB card system.
"Huge anomalies were there with the TCB card in the past...We will never do what the fascists have done. There would be no difference with them (the fascists) if we do what they did," he added.
Regarding TCB card activation and the distribution of commodities, the commerce adviser assured that the existing challenges would be resolved collectively.
He also instructed concerned officials not to consider political divisions in providing TCB cards.
TCB Chairman Brigadier General Mohammad Faisal Azad spoke at the function as the special guest, with Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam in the chair.