ISLAMABAD: Utility Stores Corporation (USC) has issued a list of items on which the federal government allowed subsidy for general public to provide relief during the holy month of Ramazan.
The government on Tuesday announced the Ramazan Relief Package to be applicable from today March 21, 2023 till the last day of Ramazan.
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In order to facilitate the public the Prime Minister has extended the scope of the relief package by increasing the number of subsidized items to 19.
The items to be provided at subsidized rates include flour, ghee, sugar, cooking oil, tea, dates, besan, dal mash, dal mong, milk, drinks, and spices.
While giving details about the package the USC official said that to make the process of obtaining subsidy more simple and transparent it has been divided into two parts, targeted and general.
He said that the targeted subsidy will be only for the users registered under the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) while the people of the entire country will benefit from the general subsidy.
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Under targeted subsidy flour is available at Rs 400 per 10 kg bag, sugar at Rs 70 per kg and ghee at Rs 300 per kg.
While under general subsidy, a 10 kg bag of flour is available at Rs.648, sugar at Rs. 91 per kg and ghee at Rs.490 per kg.
The USC also provides a subsidy of Rs 20 on the white gram, super basmati rice, sella rice, broken rice.
Subsidy on gram flour is Rs.50 per kg and a 10% discount will also be given on spices.
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A subsidy of Rs 100 per kg on tea, Rs 50 per kg on dates, Rs 30 per liter on milk and Rs 30 per bottle on beverages will be given, he added.
It should be noted that apart from flour, sugar and ghee, other subsidized items will be provided at the same rate for both general and targeted subsidy users.
FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF SUBSIDIZED ITEMS:
