{
  "id": 11339602,
  "title": "NA body seeks Rs5,000 wheat support price for Rabi season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/na-body-seeks-rs5-000-wheat-support-price-for-rabi-season-11339602",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-02T02:29:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2034136/na-body-seeks-rs5000-wheat-support-price-for-rabi-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research has recommended that the federal government set the minimum support price of wheat at Rs5,000 per 40kg or above for the 2026-27 Rabi season. In a meeting chaired by Syed Tariq Hussain, the committee also called for a uniform subsidy mechanism for farmers nationwide, expressing concern over challenges such as rising input costs, inadequate mechanisation, poor-quality seeds, insufficient agricultural research, limited subsidies, inadequate storage facilities, weak export performance, and the absence of uniform and timely agricultural policies. The committee urged the Ministry of National Food Security to ensure timely decisions on the minimum support price and uniform subsidy programme for all farmers across the country, and directed the National Seed Development and Regulatory Authority to brief the committee on its progress since 2024.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "NA body seeks Rs5,000 wheat support price for Rabi season",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/na-body-seeks-rs5-000-wheat-support-price-for-rabi-season",
        "published": "2026-10-02T02:29:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}