Shaukat Tarin holds past govt responsible for neglecting agriculture sector

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday said a comprehensive roadmap to uplift the poor of the country has been presented for the first time in the country’s history in the budget 2021-22.

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin was addressing on the floor of the National Assembly.

“People claimed to provide bread and butter and other things to the poor but failed in doing so, he said and added PTI is serving the masses and we do not believe in mere slogans.

The minister held the past government responsible for neglecting the agriculture sector for which the incumbent government is importing, wheat, ghee, and pulses.

We have proposed Rs63 billion for the uplift of the agriculture sector in FY 2021-22 budget, he maintained.

“Insha Allah prosperity would be witnessed at gross root level in next few years.”

On the IMF bailout package, Tarin said the wrongdoings of the past government compelled the PTI government to go into a fresh IMF programme.

He said we are trying to expand the tax net in order to run the country better and advised the opposition members to do constructive criticism.

For Ehsaas Programme, the finance minister said Rs260 billion have been proposed for the financial grants in the upcoming financial year 2021-22.