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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Minister for National Food
Security and Research, Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan presided over
a meeting here on Thursday to review the status of subsidy on
phosphate fertilizer and decided to formulate a sub-committee
for quick implementation of the scheme.
Dealers, members Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and
importers attended the meeting.
The members reviewed the current status of the scheme
and its implications.
The Minister inquired about the availability of
subsidized fertilizers and told the participants that
government wanted that the scheme should directly benefit the
farmers and the dealers and middlemen should not exploit the
poor farmers.
He also expressed his resolve to further extend the
scheme.
The participants put forward various proposals to
implement the scheme across the country.
The Minister welcomed the suggestions and resolved that
these proposals would be discussed in future meetings in this
regard.
The federal Minister also emphasized the need that the
provinces should cooperate the federal government so that the
scheme could purposefully be implemented in all four
provinces.
Moreover he expressed the government’s resolve to make
this scheme successful.