India's Punjab says to abolish wheat quota of striking mills for good

Published Feb 14, 2023

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The Punjab Food Department in Pakistan has decided to reduce the wheat quota of flour mills that have been on strike, refusing to provide subsidized flour to the public. The department is compiling lists of striking and non-striking mills and will permanently reduce the quota of striking mills to a percentage matching the strike rate. No criminal action has been taken against the mill owners yet, but their data is being collected. The department has also warned against wheat quota embezzlement and the illegal sale of subsidized wheat in the market. The Punjab Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced that it will stop lifting wheat from the government stock and supplying flour from Tuesday, and will also remove membership of companies involved in official wheat quota misuse.

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The Punjab Food Department has decided to permanently cut the share of wheat quota of striking flour mills, which have failed to provide flour to masses on subsidised rate. All deputy directors of Food Department have been instructed to prepare lists of striking and non-striking mills. The department has decided to devise a policy that quota of striking mills would be reduced permanently to a percentage on strike call, stated the departmental instructions. However, no criminal action against any flour mill owner has been initiated yet. The data of persons causing flour shortage by instigating the strike is being collected as per the law and provided to the institutions concerned. Majority of the mills are against the strike as 80 per cent of the mills have availed the wheat quota. The mills of the province have a daily grinding capacity of over 200,000 metric tons. The Food Department provides 26,000 metric tons of subsidised wheat daily. The government could supply flour to the ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult