Business & Finance Print edition: 2026-11-12

Sindh tags Rs17bn subsidy for wheat growers

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KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to issue Rs 17 billion subsidy for the Rabi season under the Sindh Wheat Growers Support Program. Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will inaugurate the distribution of the subsidy to farmers on November 20.

The Sindh government has finalised the decision to release this subsidy for the Rabi season, to be inaugurated by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on November 20.

In this regard, a meeting chaired by the Sindh Minister for Agriculture, Sardar Muhammad Bux Khan Mahar, was held to review the preparations for the inaugural ceremony. Secretary of Agriculture Muhammad Zaman Narejo provided it a briefing regarding the registration of farmers and event arrangements.

Agriculture minister Muhammad Bux Khan Mahar said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will formally inaugurate the subsidy distribution on November 20 at Chief Minister House.

Sindh Chief Minister, provincial ministers, members of the Sindh Assembly, and party leaders will also attend the ceremony.

He added that 550,000 farmers will benefit through the Benazir Hari Card during the current Rabi season, and a subsidy of Rs 17 billion has been allocated for farmers under the Sindh Wheat Growers Support Program.

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