Wheat import mechanism: ECC greenlights formation of steering committee

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the constitution of Steering Committee to devise wheat import mechanism.

The committee will, inter alia, do the need assessment and devise operational mechanism with reference to proposal of wheat import and demand of provinces.

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, virtually chaired the ECC meeting.

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The ECC considered a summary submitted by the National Food Security & Research Division and approved the proposal to constitute a steering committee comprising of Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research; Federal Minister for Commerce; Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Division; Minister for Law Division; SAPM for Coordination of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Foreign Affairs; Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Agriculture and Food Security; Secretary for Finance Division; Secretary for Ministry of Commerce; Secretary for Ministry of National Food Security & Research; Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR); Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan; Chairman Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister.

The Steering Committee will, inter alia, do the need assessment and devise operational mechanism with reference to proposal of Wheat import and demand of provinces.

The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, Federal Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan.

Coordinator to Prime Minister on Agriculture and Food Security, along with federal secretaries and senior officials from the relevant ministries, divisions, and regulatory authorities also attended the meeting.

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