Punjab government fixes price of wheat at Rs 950 per 40kg
LAHORE: The Punjab government under a notification has fixed the price of stocked wheat of year 2009-10 at Rs 950 per 40 kg for the month of January.
According to Punjab Food Secretary Irfan Ali, in year 2011 the Food department had 764,395 metric tonnes of wheat in stock of year 2009-10 while on December 31, 2011 it was 551,992 metric tonnes.
He said that 270,000 metric tonnes of wheat had been sold in fifteen days and now the Food department had 279,914 metric tonnes of wheat in stock of year 2009-10.
He further said that this scheme would continue till January 30 to utilize all wheat available in stock. He said that timely utilization of stocked wheat was necessary for creating proper space for the coming wheat.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012
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