Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a food subsidy package worth over $700 million for the next six months under the “Ehsaas program” amid the recent price hike in the country.
According to the reports, PM Imran Khan stated that the recent increase in prices was followed by a hike in commodity prices in the international market, mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the official statistics released by the Prime Minister’s Office, about 20 million families identified through the recently completed Ehsaas survey would benefit directly from this program.
The report further added that under the package the beneficiaries would get a subsidy on the purchase of flour, pulses and cooking oil. The program has been designed as a precision-target system of subsidy delivery focusing on deserving beneficiaries to provide financial assistance for the purchase of essential commodities at a discount through digitally processed transactions.
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