{"id":64275,"date":"2020-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64275"},"modified":"2020-04-17T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T12:38:09","slug":"ramzan-relief-package-govt-announces-pkr-2-5-bn-subsidy-essential-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ramzan-relief-package-govt-announces-pkr-2-5-bn-subsidy-essential-items.html","title":{"rendered":"Ramzan Relief Package: Govt announces PKR 2.5 bn subsidy on essential items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government has announced a subsidy of PKR 2.5 billion on essential food items under its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 for under-privileged citizens, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-mulls-giving-subsidy-electricity-bills-home-delivery-services-ramzan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new rates came into effect, on the items available in the utility stores, from April 17. Utility Stores Corporation (USC) Managing Director (MD) Umar Habib Khan Lodhi revealed the subsidy to continue till Eid. He also said of opening 200 more utility stores after Ramzan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the said Ramzan relief package, the government has subsidised 19 essential food items including dates, rice, tea, pulses, flour, sugar, cooking oil, milk, spices and more. The government has also issued the newly-subsidised rates for each item. <\/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, the government has also ensured items of good\nquality (at the subsidised rates) for the public under this package. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government has announced a subsidy of PKR 2.5 billion on essential food items under its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 for under-privileged citizens, a news source reported. Read: Punjab mulls giving subsidy on electricity bills, home delivery services during Ramzan The new rates came into effect, on the items available in the utility stores, from April 17. Utility Stores Corporation (USC) Managing Director (MD) Umar Habib Khan Lodhi revealed the subsidy to continue till Eid. He also said of opening 200 more utility stores after Ramzan. Under the said Ramzan relief package, the government has subsidised 19 essential food items including dates, rice, tea, pulses, flour, sugar, cooking oil, milk, spices and more. The government has also issued the newly-subsidised rates for each item. Read: Pakistan ranked among \u2018top-most charitable nations\u2019 Furthermore, the government has also ensured items of good quality (at the subsidised rates) for the public under this package.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[26650],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-details-on-ramzan-relief-package-govt-announces-pkr-2-5-bn-subsidy-on-essential-items","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>Ramzan Relief Package: Govt announces PKR 2.5 bn subsidy on essential items - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal government has announced a subsidy of PKR 2.5 billion on essential food items under its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 for under-privileged citizens.\" \/>\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\/ramzan-relief-package-govt-announces-pkr-2-5-bn-subsidy-essential-items.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ramzan Relief Package: Govt announces PKR 2.5 bn subsidy on essential items - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government has announced a subsidy of PKR 2.5 billion on essential food items under its Ramzan Relief Package 2020 for under-privileged citizens.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ramzan-relief-package-govt-announces-pkr-2-5-bn-subsidy-essential-items.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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