Wheat scandal: The inquiry report will be submitted to the Prime Minister today

Web Desk: The report of the inquiry committee on the wheat scandal will be submitted to the Prime Minister today, the meeting of the inquiry committee formed for the investigation will be held today.
Documents and data were reviewed in the meeting yesterday, but no government, political or official person was invited in the meeting.
Sources say that the report of the inquiry committee is still in the process of completion, and the report is likely to be submitted to the Prime Minister today.
It should be remembered that new facts were revealed in the investigation of the wheat import scandal, according to which, despite the prohibition of the Punjab government, the federal government imported 8.5 lakh tons of wheat. .
A copy of the letter written by Secretary Food Punjab on 25 March 2024 has come out.
The Secretary Food Punjab had written in the letter that till now 3.4 million tons of wheat has been imported, the production area in Punjab has increased from 1.6 million acres to 1.74 million acres while the production of wheat has increased from 2.13 million acres. An increase of 2 crore 42 lakh tonnes is expected.
It was written in the letter that if the import continues, not only the wheat will be surplus in the market, but the farmer will also be affected. 4 million tons of wheat were purchased in the province last year, due to the presence of imported wheat in the market, the release of wheat was only 18 million tons. could be
According to the letter, Punjab has 2.2 million tonnes of wheat stock, the value of the stock with the provincial government is 80 billion, on which interest is to be paid.
Earlier, former Caretaker Food Security Minister Dr. Kausar revealed in a special conversation with ARY News that the wheat import summary was sent before I became the minister, the summary was sent to import up to 5 lakh or 1 million tons of wheat but when When I came to know, I opined that we have ample reserves of wheat, so there is no need to import wheat.
Dr. Kausar said that in the wet board meeting I gave a date that no wheat ship should come after that date, I do not know what happened after that date and neither was my role. He said that the private sector should be called to import, when the ECC gave permission, then I don’t know what happened.
In the interview, the former Caretaker Minister said that the Caretaker was summarized before the setup, but if the import was increased later, they could have stopped it if they had told us.