Wheat procurement will be started from April 25 : Bilal Yasin

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Food Bilal Yasin has said that Punjab government has decided to procure 40 lakh metric ton wheat from farmers and 376 wheat procurement centers have been set up throughout the province in this regard. He said that wheat procurement will be started from April 25 and all arrangements have been made in this regard.

He stated this during his visit to wheat procurement center at Sialkot today. Members Provincial Assembly Mansha Ullah Butt, Chaudhry Muhammad Ikram, Mohsin Ashraf, Aqib Bajwa, DCO Sialkot Dr. Asif Tufail and ADC Sialkot Umar Saif Chatha were also present on the occasion.

The Minister directed DFC Sialkot Rohail Butt to ensure facilities to the cultivators at wheat procurement centers according to government instructions. He said that no irregularity or corruption will be tolerated in wheat procurement and disciplinary action will be taken against the officials displaying negligence in this regard. He said that government has increased support price of wheat from Rs. 1200 to Rs. 1300 per maund while delivery charges will be paid at the rate of nine rupees per maund to the farmers.

The Minister said that wheat will not be procured from any middleman or dealer. He said that real time data entry software has been prepared by Punjab Information Technology Board in which particulars of farmers will be entered in detail and monitoring will also be done through it.