Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that facilitating farmers and development of agriculture sector is top priority of the government for which it would take out all possible measures.
Talking to a delegation of Kissan Ittehad which called on him here on Friday, the Prime Minister said that despite tough economic conditions owing to COVID-19 pandemic, the government had given a Rs 50 billion package for the uplift of agriculture sector.
The delegation comprised Kissan Ittehad President Khalid Mehmood Khokhar, Secretary General Chaudhry Ihsan and Provincial President Rizwan Iqbal.
The meeting was also attended by Minister for National Food Security Syed Fakhar Imam, Chairperson of Special Committee on Agriculture Production Shanzana Gulzar.
The delegation, while lauding the prime minister’s keen interest in promotion of agriculture sector, apprised him of the farmers’ issues including power tariff for tube-wells, fertilizers prices, availability of quality seeds and crop insurance.
The prime minister directed the ministry concerned to look into the farmers’ demand related to the power tariff of tube-wells.
Imran Khan said that the government was building a partnership with China to import the latest agriculture technology to enhance the yield. The prime minister directed the food security ministry to devise a mechanism in coordination with the provincial governments to resolve the problems faced by the farmers.
