Agriculture Minister Begum Motia Chowdhury Monday informed the Jatiya Sangsad that the government was distributing fertilisers and seeds to the flood affected farmers free of cost under Agricultural Rehabilitation Plan, reports BSS.

In reply to a question from Abdul Latif Mirza (AL-Siraj-ganj) the minister said the plan was being implemented through the district agricultural rehabilitation committees.

She said in 1998-99 production season. Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) distributed 3943 tons of high yielding varieties of Aman seeds in different districts.