Tag: Subsidy

Subsidy on education must for better literacy rate

--Govt can prove its commitment by enrolling over 2.5m out-of-school children ISLAMABAD: Education experts have stressed the need that the government should supervise and...

Punjab govt introduces drip irrigation with 60pc subsidy

KASUR: To overcome the problem of water shortage in the agriculture field, the Punjab government has introduced drip irrigation system and is providing 60...

Commuters unhappy with govt’s decision to end subsidy on metro bus

--Punjab info minister says no decision taken to increase metro fares --Says govt considering options to keep project running in feasible way LAHORE: With the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Govt to end subsidies on Metro Bus fares

LAHORE: Punjab government has decided to end subsidies on fares of the Metro Bus service, Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht said on...

Centre delaying subsidy to sugarcane growers: Sindh CM

  KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government has vowed to give additional subsidy for exporting sugar so...

Govt providing relief, subsidy to farmers: PM’s spokesperson

Spokesman of the Prime Minister Dr Musadik Malik said that the government was providing relief to farmers and giving subsidy on fertilisers. Farmers were the...

PM Nawaz restores fertiliser subsidy on CM Shehbaz’s request

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the request of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has restored subsidy on fertilisers. Shehbaz Sharif had entreated PM Sharif...

Senate body takes officials to task over sugar subsidy, closure of...

Parliamentary body appeals to PM to revive PSM, says it must not be sold at any cost     Stopping short of recommending action against the ‘criminal...

Denying farmers subsidy: Manufacturers, dealers hoard fertiliser right under Punjab govt’s...

Fertiliser manufacturing companies getting payments in drafts to be cut after July 1 when subsidised rates are in place The budget 2016-17 has brought huge...

Kissan package case: SC directs local fertiliser company to provide subsidy

  Announcing the verdict on the Kissan Package case, the Supreme Court on Monday directed a local fertiliser company to provide subsidy and ordered the...

Govt lends support to non-competitive sugar mills

  The government on Monday set a new precedent by approving an enormous Rs 13 per kilogram export subsidy for sugar exports of up to...

Another industry wants subsidies

Govt urged to extend relief to LPG consumers Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distributors Association has urged the government on Monday to take measures for provision...

No power subsidy in next fiscal year

ECC approves elimination of Rs 125 billion annual subsidy for consumers using more than 300 units Also approves import of additional 150,000 tonnes of fertilizer...

Give flour to famished masses, SC orders govt

The Supreme Court (SC) has summoned a final report from the federation and provinces on July 17 on the practical steps taken by them...

Direct subsidy to poorest via Khidmat cards: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that direct subsidy will be given to the poorest families of the province through Punjab Khidmat Card...

Govt. to resume subsidy on electricity

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said that the government will give subsidy of Rs 178 billion to the electricity consumers...

Govt to hike power tariff, withdraw subsidy: Asif

  Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has the new energy policy envisaged measures to end load shedding‚ bringing down generation cost and...