BAHAWALPUR City News
‘Wheat procurement policy changed
to benefit small growers’
From Our Correspondent
BAHAWALPUR: Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yaseen on Thursday said that the government had made some changes to the procurement policy to benefit the small growers.
He was talking to reporters at the Commissioner’s Office. According to the new policy, the first five days were fixed for the wheat growers having 12-and-a-half acre or less. After that, every grower would be dealt on merit. The minister said the number of gunny bags had been increased from 8 to 10 per acre keeping longstanding demand of growers in view.
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