Multan
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday said that Kissan Card was launched to provide benefit of subsidy on seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agriculture machinery in transparent manner.
Speaking during Kissan Card Launching ceremony, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, here, he said initially, subsidy of Rs 17 billions will be given to the farmers through Kissan Card.
CM Buzdar stated that farmers would obtain subsidy through registered shops. The holders of the Kissan Card will also get agriculture loans easily, he maintained.
Buzdar remarked that Kissan Card was part of PM’s Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Programme which comprised of Rs 300 billion.
Under Rs 300 billion package, the work on different schemes including brick- lining of water distributaries, modern technology, oil seed, modern machinery, drip irrigation, solar was in progress with rapid pace.
Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar also added that 3000 land record centres, out of total 8000, were being established in South Punjab. About Kissan Card, he stated that it would also be issued to tenants.
Meanwhile terming the opening of the secretariat an historic event, Punjab Chief Minister, Usman Buzdar said that days of deprivations of South Punjab had passed.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony here at circuit house on Monday, he stated that the construction of the South Punjab Secretariat in Multan would begin soon and the government will ensure its timely completion.
The CM informed that it would be built with a cost of Rs over three billion adding that in total mega projects of Rs 34 billion have been launched today for city of saints.
Most of the projects were underway while new have been launched today, Mr Buzdar said and that Drug Courts, Intellectual property Tribunal and a separate tribunal would be set up for South Punjab.
District Jail will be replaced with a beautiful park with over Rs one billion and OPDs of Nishtar-II and CPEIC would be made functional within this year.
He thanked Prime Minister, Imran Khan for materializing dream of South Punjab Secretariat and welcomed him in Multan from the core of his heart.
Mr Buzdar Said that South Punjab and specially Multan had voted in favour of PTI in 2018 general elections wherein it had grabbed all six NA and 13 provincial assembly seats.
He shed light on several other developments projects for the city including 200 bedded Mother and Childcare hospital, duality of Multan-Vehari Road and which will be accomplished with billions of rupees.
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