LAHORE - Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the Punjab government is implementing a comprehensive programme for the development of agriculture sector and welfare of farmers.
“A historic package of Rs100 billion has been given for this purpose first time in the history of the country,” the CM said during a briefing by a prominent agriculture expert Hans Peter on the proposed programme of supply chain and model farms linked with valued addition yesterday.
Shehbaz said that a programme has also been evolved for providing interest-free loans to small cultivators through smart phones while the prices of Urea and DAP fertilizers have been reduced and a decrease of 3.5 rupees per unit has been made on power tariff.
He issued instructions for initiating work on setting up supply chain and model farms linked with valued addition and said that this programme can help in substantial progress in agriculture sector.