In addition to providing essential food items on subsidized rates, the Utility Store Corporation (USC) has put in operation as many as 200 mobile stores in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province to facilitate people at their doorsteps.
“Currently, there are 100 mobile stores operational in Abbotabad zone and 100 others in Peshawar zone, which are facilitating people to buy products in their localities,” USC spokesperson told media persons.
The objective of the incumbent government is to save the downtrodden segments of society from shocks of inflation, which had hit hard the whole world, including Pakistan due to Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war.
The USC spokesman said that under the direction of Prime Minister, Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, around 2 thousand Sasta Atta sales points were established in collaboration with district managements to provide subsidized flour to the people.
Currently, the rates of all basic necessary food commodities were much lower at USC outlets as compared to the market, he said adding sugar was available at Rs 70 per kg, flour at Rs 400 per 10 kg bag and ghee was being sold at Rs 300 per kg.
He said that in comparison with the open market, it was evident that the subsidized ghee was Rs250 per kilogram cheaper than the rates it was being sold in the open market.
Likewise, there was difference of Rs 25 to 35 in per kg of sugar, and Rs700 in 20 kg bag of flour at USC outlets compared to the market rates.
Other than this, the spokesman added, there were more than 1500 items that were being sold at utility stores at lower prices compared to their prices in open market. He said, pulses were also being sold at low rates at USC outlets as white gram was available at around Rs.20-40, less rates that in open market. Same was the case with dal channa which was being sold around Rs.15-20 lower rates whereas lentils were also available at Rs.30-40 less rates as compared to open market.
