KARACHI: The government of Sindh has declared Wednesday the support price for a maund of wheat to be Rs2000 for the next harvest season of 2020-21, ARY News reported.
According to the notification released to that effect by the food department of Sindh, a hundred kilo of wheat has the new support price of Rs5000 from the upcoming harvesting season.
Earlier last month in a similar development, a meeting of the Sindh cabinet fixed the wheat procurement target of the province at 1.4 million tons.
READ: Sindh Cabinet fixes 1.4 mln tons wheat procurement target
The provincial cabinet session chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah also approved the purchase of 80 percent PP bags and 20 pct jute bags.
