Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar says government is spending 120 billion rupees to provide relief to 20 million deserving families under 'Ehsaas Rashan Riayat programme’.
Addressing a convention of merchants in Lahore on Saturday, she said under the programme, a subsidy worth 1,000 rupees per month will be provided to each of the 20 million families on purchase of flour, pulses, ghee, cooking oil whereas 8 per cent commission was fixed for merchants.