{"id":74737,"date":"2025-05-18T14:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74737"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:33:09","slug":"punjab-cm-maryam-doubles-kissan-card-loan-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-cm-maryam-doubles-kissan-card-loan-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM Maryam doubles Kissan Card Loan limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister<\/a> Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced important<\/span> measures to<\/span> support<\/span> farmers throughout<\/span> the province.<\/span> These<\/span> comprehensive<\/span> measures<\/span> include<\/span> the<\/span> enhanced<\/span> limit<\/span> on<\/span> the Kissan Card loan and subsidies for the<\/span> solarisation<\/span> of<\/span> tube wells.<\/p>\n

The announcement<\/span> was<\/span> made during a<\/span> visit to the Kala Shah Kaku Rice Research Institute, where she also announced<\/span> initiatives for the<\/span> wheat farmers.<\/p>\n

Kissan<\/span> Card<\/span> Loan Limit<\/a> Increased<\/span> to Rs. 300,00.0. The chief minister announced<\/span> that the Kissan Card loan<\/span> limit<\/span> has been doubled to Rs. 300,000 from the previous limit of Rs. 150,000 to<\/span> support<\/span> farmers<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> chief<\/span> minister<\/span> said<\/span> 85% of the<\/span> issued loans have been paid<\/span> back<\/span>, which<\/span> shows<\/span> consistent<\/span> borrower<\/span> engagement and repayment capacity of<\/span> small and medium-scale farmers.<\/p>\n

Increased<\/span> accessibility has<\/span> been<\/span> planned<\/span> for farmers who<\/span> do not own<\/span> a Kissan Card with<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> SMS<\/span> and<\/span> helpline<\/span> system<\/span>. Maryam Nawaz also announced there<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> a subsidy of up to 95% for the solarisation of agricultural tube wells, which<\/span> is<\/span> intended<\/span> to help<\/span> reduce energy costs and promote<\/span> sustainable farming systems<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Green Tractors for Farmers<\/h2>\n

The farmers<\/span> will be<\/span> granted<\/span> green tractors on subsidy next<\/span> year<\/span> for<\/span> 20,000 farmers, along with agricultural machinery rental centers being<\/span> set<\/span> up<\/span> in every tehsil. The Chief<\/span> Minister<\/span> indicated<\/span> that similar programs were last introduced at<\/span> the<\/span> previous<\/span> term<\/span> of<\/span> Nawaz Sharif,<\/span> and<\/span> he<\/span> linked<\/span> the new<\/span> effort formally<\/span> to past<\/span> government support for agriculture.<\/p>\n

Support for Wheat and Cotton Farmers<\/h2>\n

The chief minister reiterated that<\/span> the government would<\/span> provide<\/span> direct subsidies instead<\/span> of a support price for wheat with current support set to<\/span> be<\/span> Rs. 5,000 per acre. She encouraged<\/span> farmers to disregard<\/span> disinformation and<\/span> reassured<\/span> them<\/span> the government will<\/span> protect<\/span> farmer incomes.<\/p>\n

Growth to Enhance<\/span> Agriculture and Tackle<\/span> Climate Change<\/h2>\n

She also noted<\/span> an<\/span> increase<\/span> of<\/span> 30 \u2013 40% increase in cotton production by<\/span> early sowing and<\/span> projects<\/span> a<\/span> total<\/span> of six million bales this year.<\/p>\n

Inflation,<\/span> Input Costs Maryam said<\/span> inflation was<\/span> down from 40% to near zero, and<\/span> that<\/span> prices of basic<\/span> staples such as onions, flour, and bread had<\/span> dropped<\/span>.<\/p>\n

She said<\/span>,<\/span> while<\/span> also<\/span> stating<\/span> that the government is already<\/span> working on<\/span> bringing<\/span> the<\/span> costs<\/span> of<\/span> seed, fertilizer, pesticides, diesel, and electricity bills for tube wells down<\/span>.<\/p>\n

During<\/span> the<\/span> function<\/span>,<\/span> the<\/span> chief minister also distributed tractors and cash grants to wheat farmers. She also looked<\/span> at<\/span> the latest Chinese manufactured tractors, noting<\/span> the government‘<\/span>s intention<\/span> to modernize the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced important measures to support farmers throughout the province. These comprehensive measures include the enhanced limit on the Kissan Card loan and subsidies for the solarisation of tube wells. The announcement was made during a visit to the Kala Shah Kaku Rice Research Institute, where she also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":56386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28811,28810,15725],"class_list":["post-74737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-green-tractors-for-farmers","tag-kissan-card-loan-limit-increased","tag-punjab-chief-minister-maryam-nawaz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737","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=74737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74738,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737\/revisions\/74738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}