SAFDAR RASHEED

LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Tariq Bajwa has said that the Bank will provide all kind of financial as well as technical support to the Punjab government for digitization of agriculture projects across the province.

The SBP Governor was talking to Chief Secretary Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar on Monday at the Civil Secretariat. He said initially the digitization would be completed in two tehsils of Punjab as a pilot project and later it will be replicated in other districts.

He said the State Bank and Punjab Land Record Authority are working on availability of ‘Fard’ at 15 banks to facilitate people, especially those associated with agriculture sector.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Secretary assured him to prepare a comprehensive plan for the digitization in a short span of time. He said improvement of agriculture sector is priority of the government, adding that concrete steps would be taken for wellbeing of farmers.

The Secretary Agriculture and the Director General of Punjab Land Records Authority were also present on the occasion.