Sindh Minister for Food and Minorities Affairs Hari Ram Kishori Lal has said that considering the needs of the domestic consumers, Sindh Food department had requested federal government to provide further 400,000 metric tonnes of wheat.
He while repudiating the report that the wheat stock had plummeted in Sindh province made it clear that there was sufficient stock of wheat available in the province.
He said that the federal government's economic committee initially had approved to furnish 100,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Sindh.
He said that Sindh cabinet would soon announce the official wheat price policy for the crop 2019-20 and following that the Food department would start selling the wheat to the flour mills owners in accordance with the decided official rate.
He assured the general public that Sindh government would ensure the ample supply of wheat in the markets so that the domestic as well as the commercial consumers didn't face any difficulty.
Hari Ram Kishori also asked the people to not to pay heed to any deceptive propaganda.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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