Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has entreated elder brother and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to reinstate Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme which will provide 22 million farmers of the province with 77 billion rupees, cutting their production costs to eight percent.
The prime minister has assured him the full assistance of the federal government in this regard as the development of the agricultural sector and the welfare of the cultivators is amongst the priorities of the Pakistan Muslim League-N government.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Shehbaz Sharif has said that the PML-N government has taken unprecedented steps in the history of the country for economic uplift of cultivators and development of agriculture.
He said that by approving the Kissan Package, subsidised fertilisers rates, and many other initiatives, the government has ensured the strengthening of the national economy. Shehbaz Sharif directed the agriculture department to provide existing fertiliser in hoards at subsidised rates and to keep an eye on hoarders and profiteers so that subsidy on fertilisers should be in reach of the cultivators.