Mahmood Khan approves the provision of subsidized Atta to public at the rate of Rs.980 per 20kg bag and Rs.490 per 10kg bag during the current month

PESHAWAR, June 2: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet in a meeting held here Thursday with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair approved the provision of subsidized Atta to public at the rate of Rs.980 per 20kg bag and Rs.490 per 10kg bag during the current month, which will cost a sum of approximately Rs.30 billion as subsidy. Sales points and shops will be established and specified the province over to provide Atta to the public on subsidized rates and wheat supply to the Flour Mills too will be started during the current month.
The meeting besides the cabinet members was also attended by the Provincial Chief Secretary, Senior Member Board of Revenue, Additional Chief Secretary and Administrative Secretaries of various Government Departments.
Minister for Higher Education Kamran Khan Bangash while briefing media persons about the decisions of the cabinet meeting at ITLA’A Cell informed that the cabinet also approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical Officers of Health Department (Regularization of Services) Bill, 2022 to regularize as many as 675 contract doctors who have been serving in various health facilities of the province during Corona. The regularization of the contract medical officers will contribute towards improving further the health delivery services in the province and benefit the ailing humanity. The provincial cabinet, he said, also approved the regularization of remaining 210 project employees of the Livestock Department who were working in various projects in the erstwhile FATA. Similarly, the cabinet accorded approval to the creation of 34 IT-cadre posts in the Excise & Taxation Department which included the posts of Director, Deputy Director and Assistant Director as well. The cabinet, he said, also approved regularization/adjustment of 296 employees of the community based CDLD project in Malakand against the vacant posts in Local Government Department. The employees include Engineers, Sub-Engineers and other staff.
The Minister for Higher Education further informed that the cabinet also approved the absorption of 33 Khasadars and 77 levies of South Waziristan Tribal District and District Lakki Marwat respectively in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police as per provision of the Khasadars Force (Absorption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police) Rules, 2019 and the Levies Force (Absorption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police) Rules, 2019. – PR