News, Politics - Monday, August 17, 2009 16:56 - 0 Comments

Punjab: Flour Subsidy Good for non but hoarders

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Shareef is announcing Rs. 8 billion subsidy on flour prices throughout the month of Ramadan in Punjab province. The new price of the flour will be reduced to Rs. 200 per 20 KG flour bag. That means on average Rs. 300 subsidy per 20 KG flour bag.

This offer from Punjab govt. is only for the people of Punjab that means the people of Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and even Federal Capital Islamabad will be forced to buy 20 KG flour bag at around Rs. 600. Now you can well imagine the difference, Rs. 200 in Punjab and Rs. 600 in rest of the country. This might lead to the sense of deprivation in the people of other provinces.

So I really hope the the governments of other provinces will also be announcing such reliefs. And if we analyze the offer even for Punjab only, we have witnessed such relief announcements in the past also, but the implementation on them hasn’t been all that good as was boasted off. For example, According to CM Punjab, Rotti is available at Rs. 2 throughout Continue…