By Our Correspondent
LAHORE: : An important meeting was held under the chairmanship of Provincial Minister for Livestock and Agriculture Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani at his Office, Agriculture House Lahore.
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In which the progress and timelines of the Livestock Card Phase II, the second phase of asset distribution among rural women of South Punjab and other initiatives (projects) of the Chief Minister were reviewed.
The meeting was attended by Parliamentary Secretary for Livestock Sardar Asim Maakan and Secretary Livestock Punjab Ahmed Aziz Tarar.
Provincial Minister for Livestock and Agriculture Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said on this occasion that
Livestock farmers have benefited from the fruits of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s successful projects in the livestock sector and their economic conditions have improved. He congratulated all the divisional directors and additional directors of Punjab for completing 96 percent recovery of Livestock Card Phase One and appreciated their excellent performance and stated that this proves that all the directors try their best to fulfill the task given by the department. He also directed to fulfill the remaining 4 percent recovery amount as soon as possible. The provincial minister highlighted that the phase of Livestock Card Phase Two consists of 6 months and in it interest-free loans will be issued for 3 lakh animals, while the number of animals for a livestock farmer has been increased to between 5 and 20. The provincial minister was informed in the briefing that one lakh 56 thousand applications have been received so far for Livestock Card Phase Two. While the Urban Unit has so far approved 5906 applications from livestock farmers who have 54000 animals. While the work of physical verification of animals is underway by the Urban Unit. The Provincial Minister, while issuing instructions to the Divisional and District Directors and Additional Directors of Livestock, said that they should play their role in making maximum farmers benefit from this scheme so that maximum farmers can be registered on the Livestock App 9211. He directed to run a media campaign for the distribution of livestock cards from September 1 so that farmers can activate their cards immediately after that. The provincial minister further added that in phase two of the scheme, 5,500 animals will be distributed among rural women of a total of 12 tehsils of 6 districts of South Punjab and applications for this are being received from June 20 to August 14. The provincial minister for livestock was informed that more than 81,000 applications have been received so far for the distribution of livestock assets. He explained that under this program, the names of the lucky women of Sout…
