Govt urged to ensure timely disbursement of funds under PM's Kissan package.

ISLAMABAD -- The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry's United Business Group (UBG) Chairman Shahzad Ali Malik Sunday urged the government to ensure immediate timely disbursement of historic Rs 1.8 trillion Kissan package unveiled by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to boost agriculture production.

Under the package, the government would provide free seeds to flood-hit farmers and scale down prices of fertilizers in addition to subsidize electricity for agricultural tubewell across the country.

In a press statement issued here, Shahzad Ali Malik called for immediate implementation of the package so that hard hit growers and farmers could reap its benefits by sowing their crops timely besides meeting expenses for purchasing fertilisers,diesel,tractors and other inputs essentially required for proper cultivation.

He further suggested that this gigantic package also must be disbursed to poor farmers under one window operation to alleviate their sufferings.

He said the best quality disease resistant free seed preferably Hi-Tech hybrid seeds should be given to flood affected farmers because the quality seed does matter for bumper crop production.

He said Hi-Tech hybrid seeds not only increase yields per acre but also contributes a lot in enhancing profitability of farmers as well.

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