{"id":102001,"date":"2026-02-24T14:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102001"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:47:41","slug":"punjab-cm-announces-rs-3500-per-40kg-wheat-procurement-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/punjab-cm-announces-rs-3500-per-40kg-wheat-procurement-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM announces Rs 3,500 per 40kg wheat procurement initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/life-style\/momina-iqbal-urges-maryam-nawaz-to-improve-karachi-like-punjab\/\">Maryam Nawaz<\/a> has announced a major initiative for wheat procurement in the province, saying that farmers will be paid Rs 3,500 per 40 kg for their wheat.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy aims to purchase 3 million metric tons of wheat from local farmers to boost strategic reserves.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared on social media platform X, Maryam Nawaz highlighted that Punjab is the first province to introduce a public-private partnership model for wheat procurement.<\/p>\n<p>Under this policy, the provincial government aims to ensure fair prices for farmers and also secure the province\u2019s wheat reserves for future needs.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Nawaz said that she is happy to announce that today 35 domestic and international companies have pre-qualified for this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is expected to streamline the wheat procurement process, which will benefit both farmers and the wider agriculture sector.<\/p>\n<p>This move by the Punjab government is expected to stabilize the local wheat market and become a reliable source of income for farmers in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced a major initiative for wheat procurement in the province, saying that farmers will be paid Rs 3,500 per 40 kg for their wheat. The new policy aims to purchase 3 million metric tons of wheat from local farmers to boost strategic reserves. In a statement shared on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4825,205,36436],"class_list":["post-102001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-punjab-chief-minister","tag-maryam-nawaz","tag-wheat-prices-in-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102002,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102001\/revisions\/102002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}