Directed all field officers of provincial govt to assure that stock of subsidized items would not diminish whole day from 9 a.m to 6 p.m in all Ramzan Bazar
INP
LAHORE
A meeting of cabinet committee to review the implementation status of the Punjab government’s tactical plan for ensuring supplies of daily use items and edibles to the public at large on subsidized rates under the Ramazan Packages was held Friday at Civil Secretariat Lahore. Provincial Minister for Planning and Development Malick Nadeem Kamran, Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Shamail Ahmad Khawaja, Special Secretary Agriculture Ms. Silwat Saeed and other Senior Officers from the relevant provincial Departments participated.
319 Agricultural Fair price Shops have also been established along with the Ramzan Bazars and Model Bazars in the province.
The meeting was informed that the prices of all commodities available in these fair price shops remained stable during the first trimester of Ramzan ul Mubarik.
The meeting expressed satisfaction over the fact that the quality vegetables, fruit and cereals were kept available in abundant quantity on subsidized prices.
The subsidy and quality premium @ rupees 20 per kg for five edible items is widely available to the common consumer while the average price trend in the open market also remained stable.
The participants of the meeting performed spontaneous checking of the Ramzan Bazars established in various cities of the province through video link in the central control room set up in the S&GAD Committee Room which has been linked online with 37 District Control Rooms.
The meeting also reviewed various complaints of the consumers received through telephonic contacts and through the Special Branch Reports and decided to take prompt action against the stall holders and the relevant incharge officer of the identified Ramzan Bazaars where the complaint regarding over pricing of edibles in afternoon has been reported.
The Additional Chief Secretary Shamail Ahmad Khawaja directed all the field officers of the provincial government and the Deputy Commissioners of each and every district of the province to assure that the stock of subsidized items would not diminish whole the day from 9 a.m to 6 p.m in all the Ramzan Bazar. Otherwise, the in-charge officer of the Ramzan Bazaars from where the consumers would complain about shortage or over pricing, he added.
