{"id":62883,"date":"2025-01-18T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=62883"},"modified":"2025-01-18T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T13:38:11","slug":"punjab-govt-investigates-250-hike-in-chicken-prices-imposes-export-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/punjab-govt-investigates-250-hike-in-chicken-prices-imposes-export-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt investigates 250% hike in chicken prices, imposes export restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Taking notice of the rising prices of chicken, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-government-puts-ban-on-o-level-history-book\/\">Punjab government<\/a> has directed poultry hatcheries to submit three-month price records.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab has witnessed a 250 percent increase in the price of day-old chicks, which has increased from Rs 50-60 to Rs 220 within three months.<\/p>\n<p>This price hike has had a significant impact on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/new-price-of-chicken-milk-sugar-in-karachi-details-inside\/\">price of chicken<\/a>, which has increased from Rs 450 per kg to Rs 900 per kg.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has taken notice of the alleged collusion of poultry hatcheries and directed them to submit three-month price records.<\/p>\n<p>Several complaints suggested that the price hike is the result of anti-competitive practices by hatcheries.<\/p>\n<p>To stabilize chicken prices, the Punjab government has decided to impose restrictions on the export of chickens to ensure adequate supply in local markets and curb rising prices.<\/p>\n<p>Market sources have indicated that the increase in chicken prices is becoming an annual problem, with a recent increase of Rs 200 per kg.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to government measures, the price of chicken has seen a slight decline, falling by Rs 50 per kg to Rs 850.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are actively working to stabilize prices and provide relief to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Taking notice of the rising prices of chicken, the Punjab government has directed poultry hatcheries to submit three-month price records. Punjab has witnessed a 250 percent increase in the price of day-old chicks, which has increased from Rs 50-60 to Rs 220 within three months. This price hike has had a significant impact on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13215],"class_list":["post-62883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-chicken-prices-in-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62883","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=62883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62884,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62883\/revisions\/62884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}