{"id":2448,"date":"2026-10-10T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2026-10-10T16:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:03:47","slug":"punjab-approves-rs10bn-subsidy-to-keep-flour-prices-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"Punjab approves Rs10bn subsidy to keep flour prices affordable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved a Rs10 billion subsidy to ensure the provision of flour at affordable rates to the public amid rising wheat and flour prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chairing an emergency meeting via video link in Lahore, the chief minister expressed strong displeasure over the price increases and voiced concern over what she described as an artificial rise in wheat and flour prices in the market.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting decided to increase the quota of subsidised government wheat supplied to flour mills at Rs3,800 per maund.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam directed the relevant authorities to ensure the availability of flour and wheat at affordable rates to the public, saying the burden of inflation on the people of Punjab was deeply distressing.<\/p>\n<p>She said all available resources would be used to ensure the supply of cheap flour and bread, adding that the provision of these essential food items at lower prices would continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved a Rs10 billion subsidy to ensure the provision of flour at affordable rates to the public amid rising wheat and flour prices. Chairing an emergency meeting via video link in Lahore, the chief minister expressed strong displeasure over the price increases and voiced concern over what she described as an artificial rise in wheat and flour prices in the market. The meeting decided to increase the quota of subsidised government wheat supplied to flour mills at Rs3,800 per maund. Maryam directed the relevant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}