Govt Launches Agri-Dashboard to Monitor Food Prices and Prevent Hoarding

Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the online agri-dashboard developed by National Security Division.

This dashboard will monitor food prices and the availability of commodities at national, provincial, and district levels by using authentic indicators. It will also help in preventing a food crisis and will be a good barricade against hoarding and profiteering as well.

The PM also issued directives for taking urgent measures to control inflation of essential items such as flour, sugar, and pulses. This meeting was the first in the series of weekly meetings, which will review the performance of the priority sectors.

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The designated priority segments as per the directions of the PM include food security, agriculture, electricity, manpower, foreign investment, privatization, information technology, and exports. The prime minister has also directed to implement major reforms in six sectors that faced neglect in the past.

Special Assistant to PM, Dr. Moeed Yousuf, secretaries of the ministries concerned, and other senior officials attended the meeting, whereas chief secretaries of the four provinces participated via video-link.