Pb govt to provide 16,500 more tractors to farmers

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jun, 2026) The Punjab government has allocated Rs 10 billion for “Kissan Card Programme”

to facilitate the farmers in buying pesticides, seeds, and other agricultural tools.

In the first year, 825,000 farmers received interest-free loans worth Rs. 251 billion,

with a recovery rate 99 percent.

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Addressing food security, Punjab Minister for Finance Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman

highlighted the Green Tractor Program, under which 19,200 farmers were given high

power tractors at a cost of Rs 14.6 billion during the current fiscal year while during

next phase of the programme 10,000 low power tractors and 6,500 high powers

tractors would be provided to farmers at a cost of Rs 16.9 billion.