{"id":64192,"date":"2020-04-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64192"},"modified":"2020-04-17T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T04:57:22","slug":"punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-ramzan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-ramzan.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab is considering providing a subsidy on electricity bills and \u2018home delivery services\u2019 as part of its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 to facilitate the public amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-50-bn-relief-package-approved-utility-stores.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores (opens in a new tab)\"> PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, Provincial Minister of Industry and Trade\nMian Aslam Iqbal chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat. The meeting\ndiscussed several proposals for the Ramzan Relief Package 2020. These proposals\nincluded the subsidy on electricity bills and home delivery services \u2013 for essential\nitems at discounted rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The members of the meeting agreed upon providing relief to the public pertaining to the electricity and gas bills during Ramzan. The meeting decided to forward all discussed proposals to the provincial cabinet for official approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-ranked-among-top-most-charitable-nations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan ranked among \u2018top-most charitable nations\u2019 (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan ranked among \u2018top-most charitable nations\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Iqbal highlighted that the government would also\nprovide a targeted subsidy of PKR 8 billion to PKR 12 billion to the public as\nestablishing Ramzan bazaar was not an option, due to the lockdown. As per\nreports, he added that the targeted subsidy facility would provide relief to\nthe underprivileged during the holy month. The provincial cabinet will provide\nthe official decision on this matter, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Government of Punjab is considering providing a subsidy on electricity bills and \u2018home delivery services\u2019 as part of its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 to facilitate the public amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. Read: PKR 50 bn relief package approved for utility stores In this regard, Provincial Minister of Industry and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat. The meeting discussed several proposals for the Ramzan Relief Package 2020. These proposals included the subsidy on electricity bills and home delivery services \u2013 for essential items at discounted rates. The members of the meeting agreed upon providing relief to the public pertaining to the electricity and gas bills during Ramzan. The meeting decided to forward all discussed proposals to the provincial cabinet for official approval. Read: Pakistan ranked among \u2018top-most charitable nations\u2019 Furthermore, Iqbal highlighted that the government would also provide a targeted subsidy of PKR 8 billion to PKR 12 billion to the public as establishing Ramzan bazaar was not an option, due to the lockdown. As per reports, he added that the targeted subsidy facility would provide relief to the underprivileged during the holy month. The provincial cabinet will provide&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[26506],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-details-on-punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-on-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-during-ramzan","9":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Government of Punjab is considering providing a subsidy on electricity bills and \u2018home delivery services\u2019 as part of its Ramzan Relief Package 2020.\" \/>\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\/punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-ramzan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Government of Punjab is considering providing a subsidy on electricity bills and \u2018home delivery services\u2019 as part of its Ramzan Relief Package 2020.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-ramzan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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