Caretaker Provincial Minister for Industry, Commerce & Energy SM Tanveer said on Monday that 15.8 million deserving families would get free flour under Ramadan package.
He was chairing a meeting of the committee constituted on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister, to review the issues of wheat and flour in the province here at Civil Secretariat.
Caretaker provincial ministers Mansoor Qadir and Bilal Afzal, Secretary Food, DG Industries, Director Food and other relevant officers attended the meeting.
Chairman Flour Mills Association Asim Raza, Hafiz Ahmed and others were also present.
Recommendations were finalized to provide free flour to deserving families under Ramadan package. During the holy month of Ramadan, he said, 15.8 million deserving families would get free flour under the Ramadan Package.
The free flour in green bags would be delivered through trucking points, selected utility stores and retail outlets. Shops would be registered to provide free flour in rural areas. SM Tanveer said, the Punjab Cabinet would approve the recommendations for providing free flour under the Ramadan Package.
The provincial minister said that a historic Ramadan package was being given to provide relief to deserving families in the holy month.
He said the provision of wheat to flour mills and supply free flour to deserving persons would be monitored with the help of modern technology.
Despite the difficult economic situation, the government would give great relief to people during Ramadan, he added.
