Food subsidy offered by govt meant to provide relief to weaker segments of society: Prime Minister AJK

Muzaffarabad(PID, AJK) Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan said that the food subsidy offered by the government was meant to provide relief to weaker and economically underprivileged segments of the society.

Addressing a high level meeting of the Department of Food here today the PM said, “The benefit of the subsidy should be given to the economically underprivileged people and a comprehensive mechanism should be evolved so that the poor and deserving people could avail this opportunity offered by the government”. He said that a proper survey should be conducted on subsidies offered on flour to evolve a comprehensive mechanism. “Only deserving people should get cheap flour”, the PM said, adding that instead of taking advantage of the scheme the well-off people who were rich enough to fulfill their requirements of life should come forward and help the government in its efforts to establish a welfare society.