KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a cabinet meeting decided to launch Kissan Card to support peasants.
Chairman Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has given clear instructions for the issuance of Kissan cards and preparing a plan to carry out development initiatives in every district. “I want to constitute a committee to implement the Election Manifesto of the party so that all the 10 points as announced by the chairman can be implemented in true letter and spirit,” he said.
He said that Kissan Cards would be issued to farmers benefiting from various government programmes. He added that it aimed at consolidating the recipient’s information for transparent and efficient implementation of these interventions.
CM Sindh said that his government would develop a digital platform and provide all district administrations with user logins to enter details of farmers in their jurisdictions.The information added to the system would pertain to demographics, contact details, crops and landholding patterns, livestock, irrigation system and mechanization.
Murad Shah said that this initiative would result in an appropriate allocation of schemes to the right farmers, ease in broadcasting messages to the larger masses and the creation of a centralized database.
He said that the Kissan card holders would be given preference in the procurement of wheat and held in case of natural disasters. Mr Shah constituted a committee with the Minister of Irrigation, SMBR, and Secretary of Agriculture to start developing data and submit their recommendations.
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It was also discussed and agreed that a farmer possessing up to 12 acres of land and cultivating him/herself would qualify for the Kissan Card for which a survey and registration work would be started within a week so that the card could be issued within six months.
