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00:00 What are the demands of farmers? How much wheat is available?

00:04 How much can you buy? And at what price are you buying?

00:07 I will definitely answer your questions, but I would request you to give a little background.

00:15 When we took this policy, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Mariam Nawaz Sharif Sahiba,

00:20 clearly told us what kind of policy it is.

00:23 There are two sides to this policy.

00:25 One is the grower and the ruler, who has been given a support price of Rs. 3900,

00:32 and is not satisfied with it.

00:34 He says that his inputs are so expensive, his pesticides are so expensive,

00:38 his fertilizer is so expensive, and his percentage of profit is so low.

00:43 And on the other hand, the urban consumers who buy wheat bags from cities,

00:50 are also not satisfied. They say that wheat is very expensive, and so is bread.

00:54 I told the Chief Minister, because I am the Minister in charge,

00:57 what kind of policy is this?

00:59 This is the high time to correct our policy.

01:02 And to continue this exercise, billions of rupees of loans are injected into this.

01:10 I have been tasked with this task, that we will entertain this crop,

01:16 the small farmer in every way.

01:19 We have their data, applications have come.

01:23 We will entertain them, and the bumper crop,

01:26 and the small farmer who is getting hit by so much carry forward,

01:30 we will also compensate him through cash.

01:34 And for the next year, and the farmers who are getting their cards introduced,

01:39 all this money, billions of rupees, hundreds of billions,

01:44 we will inject that, so that their inputs are cheap,

01:47 their prices are low, and their profit ratio is high.

01:50 And the urban side, there too, bread is cheap.

01:53 This is the main theme on which we are working,

01:56 and I am sure that in the coming few days, we will complete it.

01:59 Mr. Bilal, I have a question.

02:01 Yes, please, go ahead.

02:03 I am going to address your question,

02:07 that you tell me specifically, how much wheat are we going to buy,

02:12 and at what rate?

02:14 One thing is clear, that it has been decided in the Cabinet,

02:17 that we are going to buy wheat at Rs. 3900 per 40 kg.

02:20 There is a set pattern on that, that the Punjab Food Department,

02:24 they buy at 10% moisture, because we have to store it,

02:28 and it is stored for the whole season.

02:31 So it is not technically possible that when you store wheat at more than 10% moisture,

02:35 then fungus will come in it.

02:38 So in the market at the moment, because the climate change,

02:41 even today when I am talking to you, it is a rainy season,

02:44 and the rain season is unfortunately uncalled for,

02:47 the rain that is happening, it hits the farmers,

02:50 they totally believe in this, and they understand this.

02:53 Usually, when I am talking to you today,

02:56 that when it is May, tomorrow is the first of May,

02:59 then in May, there used to be a severe heat,

03:02 and the temperature used to touch 50.

03:05 So today, it is a rainy season.

03:08 So these are the things, on which the Food Department has been faced with a big challenge,

03:12 but we are guided by the Chief Minister, Mariam Nawaz Sharif,

03:16 that our preparation is there, we have about 400 centres,

03:20 and our bags, which are called 'Bardana' in Arif-e-Aam,

03:23 Mr. Bilal, people are not getting it,

03:26 there are a lot of complaints about the 'Bardana' centres.

03:29 We have not given it yet, how will they get it?

03:32 You are not listening, we have not started it yet.

03:35 We will give it to the district government.

03:38 Mr. Bilal, my name is Hassan Ayub, I want to ask you a question.

03:42 The question is that this year, people's experience of growing has not been good.

03:47 Firstly, the market price, which is being given by the RTI, is also giving a very low price.

03:51 The government's rate is higher, 3,900, so this is your rate.

03:55 In the open market, the market is not above 2,600, 2,700, 2,800, 2,900.

04:01 So will you be able to...

04:03 This depends on the moisture.

04:08 Let me explain a little, this depends on the moisture.

04:11 No, no, what will be your wisdom, next year,

04:14 that this grower should cultivate wheat again,

04:17 so that due to a bad experience, next year, the small farmers, especially of Punjab,

04:22 they say that we do not want to cultivate wheat, there is a big loss in it.

04:26 Then you will have a shortage of wheat in the market anyway.

04:29 Look, the request is that we should be a little careful

04:34 by giving such sweeping statements.

04:36 My request is that the farmer is listening to me and you.

04:39 Keep one thing in mind, that the price that you are quoting,

04:42 God forbid, the wheat with 10% moisture is still, Alhamdulillah, at a better price.

04:49 Yes, I understand that you are not getting 3,900 rupees,

04:52 but you should believe that the price of wheat with 10% moisture is better.

05:00 It is not such a small price that you are quoting.

05:03 Yes, Mr. Chaudhary Gulamshahan, Mr. Chaudhary wants to talk to you.

05:06 Yes, Mr. Chaudhary.

05:07 Mr. Bilal Yasin, we know each other for a very long time,

05:10 and our...

05:12 Undoubtedly, Mr. Chaudhary.

05:14 But we don't share the same thoughts.

05:17 But the explanation you have given,

05:20 the farmers, except for the stick charges and arrests,

05:25 they don't understand you.

05:27 Mr. Chaudhary, this is your matter, and mine.

05:30 I have known you for a long time, and I respect you a lot,

05:33 but we should see that the farmer is listening to me and you.

05:37 It is the policy of the government that we have to cater to small farmers.

05:40 God forbid, if we say this in the state,

05:43 like a perception is made that the government is not taking it,

05:46 then this will be a bigger price hit.

05:48 So I have a right to request you, my dear brothers,

05:53 that we should say that the wheat with 10% moisture,

05:58 wherever it is present, I get it procured.

06:05 The issue is that due to climate change, we have a lot of moisture.

06:09 We cannot buy wheat with more than 10% moisture and store it.

06:14 So we have to see that as soon as the moisture is fine,

06:18 the government should provide the data to the small farmers,

06:21 which we have, we have 6 lakh farmers,

06:25 4 lakh applicants, 3,96,000 have applied,

06:32 and according to the government policy,

06:35 there are 122,000 eligible farmers.

06:38 So we have been clearly instructed by the Chief Minister,

06:41 Mr. Maria Nawaz Sharif, that we will not leave them alone in any case.

06:45 We will not give them bailout.

06:47 Thank you very much, Mr. Abulaz Jassi,

06:49 and we wish that you are telling us the steps to be taken.

06:52 Mr. Nagvi, there is good news from Sindh,

06:56 people are getting support price there.

06:58 And always, this is the thing, the history of the Pakistan People's Party is that

07:02 they always stand with the farmers and there is no such news there.

07:06 I think the support price is also given by 4,500.

07:11 Look, the Sindh government deserves the praise you are talking about.

07:16 And the biggest reason for this is that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,

07:19 the Chairman of the People's Party,

07:21 has a direct focus on everything,

07:23 whether it is the health system, whether it is food,

07:25 whether it is the public welfare, whether it is transport,

07:28 whether it is anything else.

07:30 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari does meetings on a daily basis

07:34 and he has a lot of personal attention on all these things.

07:37 So, this whole matter will move forward with a good system.

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