Govt defends its wheat policy in Punjab Assembly

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter - Dawn - 09:13
SACM says provinces are following Centre’s decision of free market of wheat.

LAHORE: Wheat growers’ issue continued to reverberate in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday as Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Price Control Salma Butt told the House the government’s wheat policy and the steps it was taking for the benefit of farmers.

“The difficulties faced by the farmers and cultivators of Punjab are our difficulties,” she stated, highlighting the significant increase in the agriculture sector’s development budget, which had gone up from Rs29bn to Rs64bn.

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