The deputy prime minister was chairing a high-level meeting to review the supply and availability of essential food commodities, especially sugar.
He directed the authorities concerned to fully implement the government’s policy of supplying essential food items to the common man at affordable prices.
The meeting was attended by the Minister for National Food Security, Rana Tanveer Hussain, SAPM Tariq Bajwa, Secretary Industries and Production, Member of the Federal Board of Revenue, DG Federal Investigation Agency, and representatives from Pakistan Sugar Mills Association and provincial government departments.
Pakistan’s weekly inflation drops by 0.11 percent
Earlier, Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), decreased by 0.11 percent for the combined consumption groups during the week ending June 12, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.
According to the PBS data, the SPI for the week under review in the above-mentioned group was recorded at 309.51 points as compared to 309.85 points during the past week.
As compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined consumption group in the week under review witnessed a decrease of 1.41 per cent.
The weekly SPI with the base year 2015-16 =100 covers 17 urban centres and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.
The SPI for the lowest consumption group of up to Rs 17,732 witnessed an increase of 0.15 percent and went up to 299.44 points from last week’s 298.99 points, while the consumption group of Rs 17,732 to 22,888 also increased by 0.04 percent.
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