{"id":64032,"date":"2020-04-14T12:17:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64032"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:19:14","slug":"covid-19-relief-utility-stores-get-200000-metric-tonnes-wheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-utility-stores-get-200000-metric-tonnes-wheat.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Relief Measure: Utility stores to get 200,000 metric tonnes of wheat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved an additional 200,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat \u2014 worth PKR 8.690 billion \u2014 for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-for-lockdown-extension-enforce-stricter-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh for lockdown extension, enforce stricter measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the USC will receive the wheat from the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO). In addition to the PKR 8.690 billion expenditure, the operation will cost PKR 1.690 billion more in incidental charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-coronavirus-emergency-relief-ordinance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Sindh finalises draft on Coronavirus Emergency Relief Ordinance (opens in a new tab)\"> Sindh finalises draft on Coronavirus Emergency Relief Ordinance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adviser to the Prime Minister (PM) on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the ECC meeting; during which an additional decision was made to hand over the wheat to the USC in tranches. The USC will receive the first tranche of 50,000 MT immediately, and the rest will be provided when the corporation asks for it. Hafeez also directed the authorities to digitize the records of PASSCO and USC so that transparency could be ensured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-urged-provide-interest-free-loans-small-traders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Hafeez asked the Poverty Alleviation Division to observe efficiency and transparency in the distribution of funds to the deserving and needy families in the wake of the coronavirus breakout. The Secretary of Poverty Alleviation Division reiterated his commitment to maintaining transparency and further informed that 1.7 million families had been given relief funds under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-ehsaas-emergency-cash-program-kicks-off-across-country.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ehsaas Program (opens in a new tab)\">Ehsaas Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved an additional 200,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat \u2014 worth PKR 8.690 billion \u2014 for the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), a news source reported. Read: Sindh for lockdown extension, enforce stricter measures As per the publication, the USC will receive the wheat from the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO). In addition to the PKR 8.690 billion expenditure, the operation will cost PKR 1.690 billion more in incidental charges. Read: Sindh finalises draft on Coronavirus Emergency Relief Ordinance Adviser to the Prime Minister (PM) on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the ECC meeting; during which an additional decision was made to hand over the wheat to the USC in tranches. The USC will receive the first tranche of 50,000 MT immediately, and the rest will be provided when the corporation asks for it. Hafeez also directed the authorities to digitize the records of PASSCO and USC so that transparency could be ensured. Read: Sindh govt urged to provide interest-free loans to small traders In addition, Hafeez asked the Poverty Alleviation Division to observe efficiency and transparency in the distribution of funds to the deserving and needy families in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":64033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21953,26148,26149],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-economic-coordination-committee-ecc","8":"tag-pakistan-agricultural-storage-and-services-corporation-passco","9":"tag-poverty-alleviation-division"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Relief: Utility stores get 200,000 metric wheat - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved an additional 200,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat \u2014 worth PKR 8.690 billion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-utility-stores-get-200000-metric-tonnes-wheat.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Relief: Utility stores get 200,000 metric wheat - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved an additional 200,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat \u2014 worth PKR 8.690 billion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-relief-utility-stores-get-200000-metric-tonnes-wheat.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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