ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced a massive relief package of Rs341 billion for the farmers to revive the agriculture sector.
Under the package, a direct benefit of Rs147 billion will be given to small farmers across the country, whereas an additional loan of Rs194 billion will be available to the agriculture sector.
Sharif, addressing a farmers’ convention at the Jinnah Convention Centre, said that the government had decided to provide a cash support of Rs5,000 with immediate effect to the growers of cotton and rice as a direct relief.
