Govt to receive FPA charges from growers on agri tube wells in six months.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has decided to collect the electricity Fuel Price Adjustment Charges (FPA) on agriculture tube wells in six months to facilitate the growers across the country. The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting which held at Ministry for Energy on Thursday and was communicated to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, said a press release.

The FPA, to be billed for the months of November, December 2019 and January 2020, will be spread over to next six months from January to June 2020.

The rationalization of power tariff for agriculture tube wells has been under consideration for quite some time.

Federal Minister for NFS and R Khusro Bakhtiar said that the government is working hard to bring domestic agricultural cost of production at par with neighboring countries.

Hence the major focus is on provision of fertilizers on reasonable rates and also rationalization of power tariff for agriculture sector.

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced Agriculture Emergency Program to provide relief to the farmers. So far various steps have been taken to translate the relief in various forms and manner, he added.

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