Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar chaired a follow-up meeting on PM’s relief package through Utility Stores Corporation in Islamabad on Wednesday.
According to details, the Finance Minister informed officials that the Prime Minister would shortly launch an assistance program for those making less than Rs. 50,000 per month.
The Ministry of Industry and Production created the relief package.
The chair was informed of the Prime Minister’s relief initiative and the subsidies offered on five basic commodities—pulses, wheat, sugar, rice, and ghee through Utility Stores Corporation to help the country’s population.
The meeting discussed a comprehensive hybrid strategy with both targeted and non-targeted components to offer the lowest rungs of society the most relief. The meeting also examined the subsidy’s financial implications.
The Minister expressed the resolve of the present government to provide maximum relief to the poor and support them. He further emphasized that the present government is aware of the issues of the masses and that providing maximum support is the top priority of the present government
