Lack of data may hinder urea subsidy
Islamabad: The plan to provide direct fertilizer subsidy to farmers may hit a snag as the existing database does not contain information on land ownership along with the ownership status of cultivators. During a recent meeting on fertilizer availability, MPs stressed the need to offer targeted subsidy to farmers, who have long been deprived of the benefits of subsidies due to their indirect nature. During the talk, the secretary of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research pointed out that the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) had a national socio-economic registry covering poor families, but a transparent disbursement mechanism
