Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has called for developing a long-term policy to see to the demand & supply of essential goods, reducing input costs of farmers, providing a conducive environment to them, and fixation of prices, a news source reported.
Chairing a meeting at the PM Office, he directed the officials concerned to develop the policy for reducing input costs of farmers on a priority basis.
The PM instructed the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) to review the relevant laws and propose amendments for ensuring stable prices of the essential goods – preventing monopoly in the market. He added that they should utilise technology for this purpose.
PM Imran Khan said that the government was focusing on equal development of agricultural and industrial sectors for providing relief to the masses.
Additionally, the meeting decided to carry out an audit of sugar tax fund to determine if the authorities concerned were collecting and using it as per the policy and law. It also concluded that Punjab government would ensure that growers received their outstanding amounts form the sugar mills. The provincial government will have the authority to penalise sugar mill owners not paying the farmers on time.
