Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday directed the Minister for Food and Agriculture to ensure that farmers get the due price for their produce, fixed by the government.
The Prime Minister said this when Sikandar Bosan, Food Minister called on him at the Prime Minister House.
He said that farmers must get the fixed price of Rs 925 per 40 kg and told the minister to take appropriate measures to ensure stability in cotton prices and adequate return to farmers.
Bosan said that Trading Corporation of Pakistan was actively engaged in purchasing substantial quantity of cotton from open market to maintain stability in prices of cotton.
The Prime Minister also directed the Minister of Agriculture to ensure that sugar mills start crushing from November 1 in Punjab and on October 20 in Sindh, as already announced by the government.
He said necessary arrangements be made to facilitate the sugarcane growers so that they get the right price for their produce.