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Agriculture sector development top priority of PTI govt: SAPM Cheema says during the current season, wheat growers are expected to receive Rs 500 billion more as compared to last season
April 25, 2021
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Food Security Jamshad Iqbal Cheema Saturday said that agriculture sector development and prosperity of farming community across the country was top priority of the government.
He said that farmers received Rs2,708 billion for their produces, which was higher by Rs680 billion as against the receiving of financial year 2018.
Responding to a statement of Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Butto Zardari, he said that during the tenure of incumbent government, the farmers get Rs 1,100 billion additional income from five major crops and milk production.
Agriculture sector development top priority
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The Agriculture Transformation Plan 2021, shared by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) on Friday with Dawn, seeks to revolutionalise the agri-input regime to substantially increase production of major rabi and kharif crops. File photo
ISLAMABAD: The Agriculture Transformation Plan 2021, shared by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) on Friday with
Dawn, seeks to revolutionalise the agri-input regime to substantially increase production of major rabi and kharif crops, with growth in wheat yield by 41 per cent, rice 40pc, cotton 65pc, maize 40pc, sugar 22pc, and other crops 30pc.
Under the first generation interventions of the plan, which was submitted to Prime Minister Imran Khan early this week, reforms will be brought in the seed sector, digitalizing the subsidy mechanism, revolutionizing the farm mechanization, improving water efficiency, revamping extension services, simplifying access of credit by farmers, expa
Covid-19 leads to new labour inspection regime
PM Imran says it came to fore during pandemic govt did not have 80% statistics of labourers
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the inauguration ceremony of e-bidding, e-billing and GIS mapping system under National Highway Authority. SCREENGRAB
LAHORE:
The Covid-19 pandemic, which has drastically changed the world order and claimed millions of lives already, has resulted in the formation and launch of the new labour inspection regime in Punjab, a move which Prime Minister Imran Khan claims “is a good initiative to help promote small and medium industries, besides strengthening the country s economy”.
“The government noticed during the pandemic that it did not have statistics of more than 80 per cent labourers,” Premier Imran said while presiding over a meeting held to launch the new regime here on Friday.