Punjab Seed Corporation (PSC) will provide 200,000 bags of approved varieties of wheat this year to the growers on subsidized rates. During the last fiscal, the Corporation earned a profit of over Rs29 million through sales of different seeds, said the Punjab Minister for Agriculture Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial while chairing 116th meeting of the Board of Directors of Punjab Seed Corporation.

The meeting was attended by Dr Ghazanfar Ali Managing Director Punjab Seed Corporation, Member P&D Dr Arif, Member Finance Ch Abdul Ghafoor, Deputy Managing Director, Director Admin Rana Rafat, Director Finance Tariq Mehmood, Director Marketing Malik Ilyas, Director and Advisor Minister for Agriculture Shahid Qadir.

On this occasion, the Agriculture Minister was given a detailed briefing on the agenda of the Board of Directors meeting. The Agriculture Minister was also informed about the pace of construction of the new building of Punjab Seed Corporation. Naman Langrial said that the desired results could not be achieved without providing the best environment to the employees, therefore the construction of the State of the Art building is inevitable. We will also encourage agricultural scientists at all levels so that farmers can get high quality seeds at affordable prices. He said that Punjab Seed Corporation has the role of leader in the seed industry which is providing farmers with certified quality seeds at affordable rates as compared to the national and local seed companies and this is the dream of the present government of Punjab.

Agriculture Minister said that the mission of the present government is to raise the standard of living of the farmers of Punjab for which efforts are being made day and night.

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