KARACHI, Sep 12(ABC): The Sindh Cabinet, in order to encourage and strengthen flood-affected local growers to grow more wheat and avoid famine-like situation in the province has fixed a support price of wheat at Rs4000 per 40 kg.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at CM House. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, advisors, chief secretary and concerned secretaries. Various ministers, advisors and special assistants attended the meeting from the flood affected areas through video link. Minister Information through press statements shared the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting.
The chief minister said that the provincial government purchased imported wheat at a cost of Rs9000 per 40 kg which meant that the grower of other countries were given benefit,” he said and added: “now, we have to think about our grower who has to reclaim his land from the flood water, prepare it for sowing and use costly inputs to grow the crop, therefore the benefit of the better price must be pass on to the local grower.”
CM Advisor on Agriculture Manzoor Wassan said that the agricultural lands were submerged, and they needed a lot of efforts to dewater them, prepare them for the next crop. “If the wheat is not grown to a certain proportion, the province may face a famine-like situation,” he said and suggested offering a good price to the growers as an incentive.
The cabinet members after thorough discussion decided to offer Rs4000 per kg support price for the wheat crop 2022-23.
