Punjab announces Rs15bn package for wheat farmers

Punjab announces Rs15bn package for wheat farmers

Financial support to be made through Kisan Card; farmers’ bodies reject initiative, say it will benefit millers.

Punjab govt announces Rs. 15 billion Wheat relief package; farmers refuse it as misleading

Lahore: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has announced a Rs. 15 billion wheat relief package to support farmers of the province. The package features relief measures in taxes and direct financial assistance by way of a wheat support fund for some 550,000 farmers. Farmers will be paid a decent price for their wheat cultivation, as per Maryam Nawaz. “I will not allow the farmers to incur losses,” she said, assuring that the government is with…

Farmers in Lahore Threaten to March on Islamabad

Farmers in Lahore have warned of marching towards Islamabad if the government fails to fix wheat prices at Rs 4,000 per maund. Chairman Kisan Ittehad Khalid Hussain Baath led the protest, demanding the government to fix the price of wheat at Rs 4,000 per 40kg. Protest Details The farmers staged a protest in Lahore, voicing their dissatisfaction with the government’s wheat pricing policy. If their demands are not met, the protest will spread to t…