During Covid-19 pandemic, despite curtailed working hours and employees of Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC) being vulnerable to the pandemic, USC ensured uninterrupted supplies of essential commodities via its wide spread network of retail outlets.
As a matter of fact USC did not spend any amount on account of COVID-19 funds as ECC of the cabinet converted Rs 10 billion into Rs. 7.7 billion as general subsidy and Rs. 2.3 Billion for the automation of USC.
It is worthwhile to mention here that under the Prime Minister’s Relief Package, USC has successfully served over 90 million households since January, 2020 by providing subsidy on 5 essential commodities namely wheat flour, ghee, sugar, rice and pulses.
During these testing times USC has also assisted Government of Pakistan in regulating prices of essential commodities in open market.
USC procures Ghee/ Oil from Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) recommended manufacturers and maintains high level quality of edible Ghee/ oil. Thus, USC assures that no bad quality Ghee/ Oil is procured.
USC procures sugar, rice and pulses by floating tenders following Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules as per government standards. The aim of doing procurement through following PPRA rules is to ensure transparency and accountability.
Thus, USC assures high quality food products to its consumers and effective quality controls, standards and mechanisms are being adopted to ensure good quality of products.
