The farmers’ community on Friday lauded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for introducing Kisan Card Scheme to provide subsidy on the prices of wheat seeds, urea and necessary agricultural medicines alongwith provision of equipment, interest free loans and insurance.
According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, under the first phase of Kisan Card scheme, farmers’ database would be improved and targeted subsidies for machineries and inputs would be provided to the farmers.
Talking to media, Provincial Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur said as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, maximum facilities were being provided to the growers to encourage and uplift them.
He said the government was striving hard to equip the farmers with modern technology to enhance crops production to make the country self-sufficient in agricultural products. —APP
