Staff Reporter
Lahore
Senior & food Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has directed that a new mechanism for procurement and distribution of wheat in Punjab should be formed at the Government level in which maximum subsidy on “atta” should be provided to needy consumers.
He directed the Food Department to finalize the recommendations for the new system by the end of December, which will be approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan, finally.
The meeting presided over by Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan was also attended by Agriculture Minister Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, Secretary Food and senior officers of relevant departments in which the current situation of wheat and flour, new policy and subsidy system were discussed in detail.
Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan told the meeting that with the decision to import wheat, the situation has returned to normal in the province and there is no shortage of wheat and flour anywhere in Punjab.
He added that 8 out of 20 ships of imported wheat have arrived out of those 7 ships of wheat have been distributed among flour mills while this process will continue till February 2021.
He said that out of the total wheat imported 1.138 million metric tons of wheat will be given to the flour mills in Punjab.
Commenting on the purchase and distribution of wheat and subsidy on flour, Abdul Aleem Khan said that the Punjab Government has to bear a financial burden of Rs. 100 billion annually but still the common man is not benefiting out of the current system so we are going to change it.
