Published 05 Oct,2021 via Dawn - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced a 40 per cent targeted subsidy for the poor on purchase of essential food items, saying the special step would provide relief to low-income groups against inflation.
Addressing the launching ceremony of an ambitious Rs1.4 trillion Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KKP), he said the underprivileged segment would get targeted subsidies on wheat, flour, sugar and ghee (cooking oil).
The prime minister lamented that all previous governments had made such systems in the country which only benefited the elite, and not the poor and the middle class. He said his government was also facing resistance in his efforts to change pro-elite system.
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