Question : SPECIAL AGRICULTURE ZONE



(a) whether the Government has received any demands from Punjab for declaring the State as `Special Agriculture Zone, in view of its surplus foodgrains production;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI TARIQ ANWAR)

(a) to (c): No demand has been received from Punjab for declaring the State as ‘Special Agriculture Zone’.