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One lakh metric tons of salt to be imported

Punishment to curb unfair means in exams raised
The Council of Ministers at a meeting on Monday decided to amend the Public Examination (Offences) Act. 1980 to raise the degree of punishment with a view to curbing all kinds of unfair means in the examinations besides slopping other dishonest trends with regard to examinations, reports BSS.
Presided over by Acting President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. ministers, ministers of state, principal, finance secretary, cabinet sec retary and secretaries of concerned ministers and division,
an official handout said.
Under the Amendment, there will be provisions to award punishment of minimum two years and maximum five years of imprisonment to a fake examinee.
The amendment will further make the provisions for sentencing minimum four years and maximum 10 years of Jail term for offences like leakage of questions paper while minimum three years to maximum 10 years of imprisonment for a crime like issuance of false mark-sheet, certificate, diploma or degrees. Under ihc proposed amendment provisions will be there to award minimum three years and maximum 10 years of imprisonment for the offences like any change in the answer paper or illegal addition to 11 (answer paper).
Provisions will be there to award minimum two years and maximum five years of imprisonment to those who would supply copy In the examinations while provision will be made to award one year imprisonment to those who will create disturbances in the examination centres.
There will be provisions for imposing fine on the offenders on all Ihc cases.
An examinee, if found guilty of copying, will be debarred from participating in the examination for three years.
The Council of Ministers also decided to import one lakh metric tons of uncrushcd salt Immediately. This quantity of salt will be imported by the real and established owners of salt mills to be selected by the BSC IC In consultation with the Salt Mills Owners’ Association.
As per the commitment of the Sait mills Owners’ Association the importers will open letter of credit within seven days of the announcement of the government decision and market the refined salt within forty days of the
opening of the letter of credit.
The Sall Mills Association in consultation with the BSCIC will decide at what price the mill owners will sell the imported uncrushed salt in unadulterated form after refinement to the wholesellers. They will inform the TCB to the price fixation with full explanation.
The Ministry of Industry, TCB and the concerned Deputy Commissioners will have to be informed where the mill owners will keep the imported salt and what will be the march- up of the wholesellcrs.
The mill owners will give a statement to the concerned Deputy Commissioners and TCB of the price and quantity of salt sold to the whole sellers. This information will have to be furnished withfia seven days of the sale. J
The TCB has invited tenders for the import of fifty thousand tons of crushed salt and equal quantity of uncrushed salt as per the pjw1 ous directive of the Commerce Ministry The process of Importing fifty thousand tons of uncrushcd salt will be cancelled In view of the decision to allow the Salt Mills Owners’ Association to Import uncrushcd salt. The proceaa of importing fifty thousand tons of crushed salt will continue as an effective step against unreasonable price-hike of this sensitive commodity.