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115 prizes
announced in Kissan Inaami Scheme
LAHORE-First Draw of Kissan
Inaami Scheme was held at a local hotel July 24 in which names
of 115 lucky winners were announced including two tractors.The
tractors were won by Coupon number 40742 and 289781. Other
prizes announced were 6 motorcycles, 22 colour T.V. and 85
Radio Cassette. Punjab Home Secretary Brigadier Syed Ijaz Shah
speaking as chief guest on the occasion said that Pakistani
farmers have shown excellent performance by increasing
production of wheat, cotton, fruits and vegetables.
Farmers deserve credit for it, he said adding, National
Fertilizer Marketing (NFC) have taken a right step by
introducing such a scheme for the farmers benefit. Other
organizations producing agriculture inputs should also follow
this example, he suggested.
Chairman NFC Major General (r) Muhammad Mohsin in his address
said that NFC has contributed Rs 3.6 billion for the national
exchequer in shape of direct and indirect taxes. The
corporation earns an annual profit of about Rs 2 billion which
will ultimately be utilized by the government, he said adding
production of good quality fertilizers according to the
requirements of agriculture fields of the country is also one
of the big achievements of the company.
General Manager Marketing of NFC Shamas Zaheer Abbass said
that 52,000 coupons were included in the draw and an amount of
Rs 3.6 million has been allocated for the Inaami Scheme
consists of two phases. Second phase of which will be held in
September in which 146 lucky winners will get their prizes
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To a query, he said that the Inaami scheme is not merely an
advertising technique but its purpose is to share with the
growers some percentage of profit which NFC earns each year..
July 26
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