{"id":70379,"date":"2025-04-11T21:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70379"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:29:32","slug":"govt-likely-to-reduce-taxes-on-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-likely-to-reduce-taxes-on-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt likely to reduce taxes on milk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/chicken-prices-soar-in-federal-capital-check-rates-inside\/\">Federal Minister for National Food Security<\/a> and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain <span class=\"diff-highlight\">met<\/span> with a <span class=\"diff-highlight\">team<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">members<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> the Dairy Association to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">discuss<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">some<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">its<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">core<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">challenges<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">team<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pointed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> several\u00a0key issues <span class=\"diff-highlight\">impacting<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">dairy<\/span> sector, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">but<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">it<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">strongly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">focused<\/span> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-govt-introduces-new-law-to-ban-baby-formula-milk\/\">taxation of milk<\/a>. The minister <span class=\"diff-highlight\">appreciated<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">issues<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">discussed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pronounced<\/span> that milk is a necessity for every <span class=\"diff-highlight\">consumer<\/span> and should be free <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">tax<\/span> or <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">least<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">subject<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">taxation<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">lowest<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">level<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Rana Tanveer Hussain <span class=\"diff-highlight\">voiced<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">government<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">s<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">commitment<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">minimizing<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">tax<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">imposed<\/span> on milk and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">assured<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">team<\/span> that <span class=\"diff-highlight\">they<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">would<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">share<\/span> good news <span class=\"diff-highlight\">relating<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">milk<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">taxation<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">future<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">minister<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">added<\/span> that many rural farmers <span class=\"diff-highlight\">depend<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">greatly<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">on<\/span> milk <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sales<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">economic<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">survival<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">state<\/span> is fully committed to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">supporting<\/span> their <span class=\"diff-highlight\">income<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">security<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">He<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">made<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">it<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">clear<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> supporting <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rural<\/span> farmers who <span class=\"diff-highlight\">support<\/span> dairy <span class=\"diff-highlight\">production<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">contribute<\/span> to the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">economic<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">development<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">agricultural<\/span> sector <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">vital<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">ministry<\/span> plans to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">convene<\/span> a seminar <span class=\"diff-highlight\">aimed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">discussing<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">viable<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">solutions<\/span> to <span 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class=\"diff-highlight\">opportunity<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">all<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">participants<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">:<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">dairy<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">industry<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">experts<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> share knowledge and expertise <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">develop<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">strategies<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">beneficial<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">all<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">stakeholders<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">involved<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> the dairy <span class=\"diff-highlight\">production<\/span> <span 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The team pointed to several\u00a0key issues impacting the dairy sector, but it strongly focused on the taxation of milk. The minister appreciated the issues discussed and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27748,27747],"class_list":["post-70379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-govt-to-reduce-milk-tax","tag-milk-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70379","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70380,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70379\/revisions\/70380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}