'Increasing minimum support price of wheat necessary'.

LAHORE -- The Punjab government believes that increasing the minimum support price of wheat has become necessary to keep the country food secure in view of the hike in prices of farm inputs. 'The cost of almost all farm inputs has shot up since around 25 per cent devaluation of rupee against dollar necessitating to revisiting the support price of wheat,' Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Nauman Langrial said while talking to a group of journalists. He argues for fixing the minimum support price at Rs1400 per 40kg up by Rs100 from the current rate of Rs1300 per 40kg. 'The increase is essential to maintain food security of the country as wheat is the major staple food and the recent devaluation of the rupee against dollar has affected the...