LAHORE – The Punjab government has decided to abolish the delivery charges on wheat during upcoming procurement campaign during which the government would buy wheat from the farmers at the rat of Rs 950 per 40 kg. The decision was made during a high-level meeting of the committee to review proposals with Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa in the chair held at 90-Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam Wednesday. Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa, Chairman Planning and Development Board Punjab Javed Aslam and other officials concerned attended the meeting.
It was decided that the delivery charges on wheat, earlier fixed Rs 7.50, would not be taken during the procurement campaign. The meeting was informed that 3.33 million tonne wheat, out of the available stock of 6.66 million tonne, had been disposed off while 2.5 million tonne would remain available till the arrival of new crop in the market.
