PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH ORDERS OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH JUNE, 2010.
Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Wednesday, the 16th June, 2010 at 09.30 a.m.
I. (A) RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.
(B) NAAT SHAREEF.
II. QUESTION AND ANSWERS: (Food Department)
III. LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.
IV. GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE:-
(I) BUDGET STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 2010-11, AS A WHOLE,
(II) SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 2009-10.
KARACHI, THE HADI BUX BURIRO 15th JUNE, 2010 SECRETARY PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
Summary of Proceedings
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
FOOD DEPARTMENT
LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR
WEDNESDAY THE 16TH JUNE, 2010.
*2442. MR. ARIF MUSTAFA JATOI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that a sum exceeding 100 millions has been budgeted for making the wheat silos near northern by-pass operational;
(b)If answer to (a) above is in affirmative, details of the functioning silos being operated by other Provincial Food Departments?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
(a)Yes, a sum of Rs. 200 millions have been earmarked for the scheme, “Establishment Rehabilitation and Operationalization of Silos in Sindh” during current year’s ADP (2009-10) at Sr. # 48, but the scheme is still unapproved and is under process.
(b)Silos Technology has not been adopted yet in any of the Provincial Food Department.
*2443. MR. ARIF MUSTAFA JATOI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
Details of the equipment to be installed at the wheat quality testing laboratory at SGG-III, Karachi?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
Details of the equipment to be installed at the wheat quality testing laboratory at SGG-III, Karachi as under:-
SR. #
NAME OF MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT
Wheat Quality Testing Section
1.
Compartmental probe for sampling
2.
Grain spear type probe
3.
Hand magnifying glass (x 10 magnification)
4.
Suction device (as pirator)
5.
Pelican Grain sampler
6.
Field type Moisture meter
7.
Auger type sampler
8.
Analytical Scale
9.
Bench Digital Scale
10.
Floor Sealer
11.
Grain Counter
12.
Hanging Dial Scale
13.
Burrows Moisture Tester
14.
Riffle Divider (350$)
15.
Boerner Divider (700$)
16.
Grain Sieve Set for Wheat Quality
17.
Cox funnel
18.
Chondometre wt. kg/Hecto litre (1000$)
19.
Insect rearing jars 200 gm
20.
Insect probe
21.
Insecticidal hand sprayer
22.
Inspection Board
23.
Laboratory aspirator
24.
Insect collection box
25.
Insect Preservation box
26.
Lamp attached with magnifying glass
27.
Stereo microscope
28.
Binocular microscope
29.
Incubator with control temperature and humidity
30.
Laboratory overs
31.
Knap sack sprayer
32.
Wheat barrow power sprayer
33.
Hydrolic sprayer
34.
Phosphine detection meter
35.
Methyl bromide detection
36.
Heat sealing machine
37.
Hand sealer
38.
Fogger
39.
Desicators
40.
Phosphine Generation assembly
41.
Phosphine Fumigation mask
42.
Insect rearing jars 400 gm
43.
Insect resistances monitoring assembly
44.
Incubator
*2702. MS. HEER ISMAIL SOHO: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that laboratories to test food quality have been established in the province;
(b)If answer to (a) above is in affirmative, location and task of the laboratories?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
Presently, there is no food quality testing laboratory under the administrative control of Food Department. An ADP 2009-2010 scheme No. 46 pertaining to establishment of “Construction of Wheat Quality Testing Laboratory at SGG-III, Landhi Karachi” is under construction and will be completed by June, 2010.
*2736. MS. KULSOOM CHANDIO: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
Number of Shopkeepers challaned for selling wheat atta at high prices in district Dadu during the period from 01-01-2008 to 31-12-2008?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
The District Officer Revenue/Special Judicial Magistrates Dadu has challaned four (4) number of Shopkeepers for selling wheat atta on high price from 01-01-2008 to 31-12-2008. The details are as under:-
S. No.
Name of Shopkeepers
Date
Amount of Fine
1.
Muhammad Suleman
25.12.2008
Rs. 2,000
2.
Muhammad Ayoob Khokhar
25.12.2008
Rs. 2,000
3.
Ghulam Murtaza Jamali
25.12.2008
Rs. 1,000
4.
Ghulam Abbas Bhulhgri
25.12.2008
Rs. 2,000
*2806. MS. HEER ISMAIL SOHO: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that bumper crop of wheat producing (yielding) District Ghotki has only03 Government godowns, resulting about six lac sacks of wheat are lying in the open sky;
(b)Is it also a fact that a plot for construction of godowns has been acquired at Obawro;
(c)If answer to (a) & (b) in affirmative, the details thereof along with reasons for not construct the godowns there?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
(a)At present, 15 Godowns in Food Department at District Ghotki are available, which are insufficient to store the procured wheat. As there is surplus wheat compared to releases/consumption, wheat is lying open in Ghotki District, but properly covered in Tarpaulins and fumigated.
(b)Yes, a plot is available with Food Department at Ubawro in District Ghotki for construction of Godown.
(c)Scheme for construction of Godown on the said plot is under active consideration of the Food Department.
*2934. MR. ARIF MUSTAFA JATOI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
The District-wise procurement target for Wheat during Rabi 2009-10 along with the support price to be paid?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
The Federal Government has assigned a National target of procurement of wheat from Crop 2009-10 at 1.5 million metric tones for Sindh Food Department. The District-wise wheat procurement target is given below:-
S. No.
District
Proposed Target For Crop 2009-10 (In Metric Tones).
1.
Hyderabad
61,000
2.
Dadu
249,000
3.
Badin
12,000
4.
Thatta
6,000
5.
Mirpurkhas
99,000
6.
Sanghar
199,000
7.
Sukkur
75,000
8.
Ghotki
187,000
9.
Khairpur
187,000
10.
Naushahro Feroz
150,000
11.
Shaheed Benazirabad
150,000
12.
Larkana
49,000
13.
Shikarpur
15,000
14.
Jacobabad
61,000
Total
15,00,000
ØThe Support Price fixed by the Federal Government is Rs. 950/- per 40 Kg.
*2935. MR. ARIF MUSTAFA JATOI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
District wise quantity of wheat weavilized during the period from 01-07-2008 till to date?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
As intimated by all the Regional heads, no wheat has been reportedly weavilized from 01.07.2008 till to date.
*2954. MR. ARIF MUSTAFA JATOI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
The District-wise quantity of Season-2009 wheat which has been declared unfit for consumption as of to date along with the reasons thereof?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
There has been no case of complain from any district against wheat crop 2009 declared as unfit for human consumption.
Releases are being made from Crop 2009 at a brisk pace.
*2968. MS. NAHEED BEGUM: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
Number of persons arrested involved in smuggling of wheat on Sindh-Punjab Border along- with wheat in tons recovered from them?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
Neither any such case has been reported nor anyone was found involved in smuggling of wheat on Sindh-Punjab Border as per report of Regional Directorates. Hence, the issue of recovery does not arise.
*2973. MS. NAHEED BEGUM: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that there is intense need to establish a Food Vigilance Committee on the Sindh-Punjab Border like Food Vigilance Committee established on the Sindh Balochistan border;
(b)If answer to (a) above is in the affirmative, whether any proposal to establish said Committee is under consideration by the Government?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
(a)A Vigilance Committee was established for Wheat Procurement Campaign 2008 in order to check the illegal transportation of wheat through roads out of Province and to curb hoarding of wheat in March 2008. The same was abolished on 23rd May 2009. Annexure-A & B, placed on the table of the House. Hence, there is no Vigilance Committee at present. There seems no intense need to established Vigilance Committee on Sindh-Punjab border in the near future.
In accordance with the recommendations of the Standing Committee, there is no restriction on Inter Provincial movement of wheat Annexure-C, placed on the table of the House. Due to abundant quantity of wheat available in the Province, the need for establishing such a Committee does not arise.
(b)Not applicable.
*3005. SYED WASEEM HUSAIN: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
District wise details of subsidy granted by the Government to provide the flour to the public at lower rates during the holy month of Ramazan?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
The operation of state trading scheme of wheat is subsidy based. The sale/issue price of wheat is less than the cost accrued to the department i.e. support price and incidentals. As such, the different between the total cost price and issue price which constitutes subsidy is required to the paid up by the Provincial Government/Finance Department.
The Honourable Chief Minister, Sindh in the Holy month of Ramadan had announced “Ramadan Package” for the poor people of province to supply the atta @ of Rs. 10 per kg instead of Rs. 31/- per kg.
The district wise position of subsidy incurred during Ramadan Package are as under:-
S. No.
Name of District
Quantity issued in tones
Subsidy Per tone Rs.
Amount of subsidy involved Rs. In million
1.
Karachi
52293.00
18681.292
976.900
2.
Hyderabad
6891.00
18681.292
128.732
3.
Dadu
3208.00
18681.292
18.681
4.
Thatta
2139.00
18681.292
39.959
5.
Mirpurkhas
3372.80
18681.292
62.993
6.
Sanghar
2936.50
18681.292
54.857
7.
Tharparkar
1023.00
18681.292
19.110
8.
Sukkur
10442.10
18681.292
195.071
9.
Ghotki
5242.00
18681.292
97.927
10.
Khairpur
1489.10
18681.292
27.818
11.
Nausheroferoz
1118.80
18681.292
20.900
12.
Shaheed Benazirabad
2237.60
18681.292
41.801
13.
Larkana
1444.20
18681.292
26.979
14.
Shikarpur
1444.20
18681.292
26.979
15.
Jacobabad
1999.60
18681.292
37.355
Total
97280.90
1749.083
In district Badin, there is no flour mills, hence the atta was supplied by the flour mills at Hyderabad. In Khairpur the atta was supplied by the flour mills of Sukkur and Ghotki districts.
*3066. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that different allowance as well as the uniform allowance is allowed to the employees of lower grade in the Food Department;
(b)If answer to (a) above be in the affirmative, the allocated amount of the same?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
(a)As per existing policy, the following allowances are allowed to the lower grade employees(BS-1 to BS-4) of Food Department by Government of Sindh/Finance Department.
S. No.
Nature of Allowance
% of Allowance
1.**
House Rent
45% of initial Basic pay
2.*
Conveyance Allowance
Rs. 680/- per month
3.
Medical Allowance
Rs. 500/- per month
4.
Integrated Allowance
Rs. 150/- per month
5.
Special Additional Allowance
25% of initial basic pay of concerned grade (Frozen)
6.
Special Relief Allowance (2003)
15% of the basic pay
7.
Adhoc Relief Allowance (2004)
15% of the basic pay
8.
Dearness Allowance (2006)
15% of the basic pay
9.
Adhoc Relief Allowance (2009)
20% of the basic pay
(b)In addition to above allowances, the lower grade employees have been provided uniforms/ liveries by the Food Department against budgetary provision, annual basis. The details are as under:-
S. No.
Office
Budgetary provision 2009-10
1.
Directorate Food
Rs. 16,000
2.
D. D. Karachi
Rs. 120,000
Karachi South
Karachi East
Karachi Central
Karachi West
Karachi Malir
3.
D. D. Hyderabad
Rs. 27,300
4.
DFC Hyderabad
Rs. 65,000
5.
DFC Dadu
Rs. 75,000
6.
DFC Thatta
Rs. 14,000
7.
DFC Badin
Rs. 13,500
8.
D. D. Sukkur
Rs. 10,000
9.
DFC Sukkur
---
10.
DFC Khairpur
Rs. 53,000
11.
DFC Shaheed Benazirabad
Rs. 11,000
12.
DFC Nausheroferoz
Rs. 40,000
13.
DFC Ghotki
Rs. 10,000
14.
D. D. Larkana
Rs. 6,000
15.
DFC Larkana
Rs. 19,000
16.
DFC Shikarpur
Rs. 13,000
17.
DFC Jacobabad
Rs. 27,000
18.
D. D. & DFC Mirpurkhas
Rs. 60,000
19.
DFC Sanghar
Rs. 34,000
20.
DFC Mithi
Rs. 11,000
Total
Rs. 624,800
* Note:-Due to paucity of sanctioned budget, the matter is being taken up with Finance Department to enhance the budgetary provision to Rs. 1.00 million instead of present Rs. 0.624 million so that all the lower grade officials are provided with uniforms/liveries.
*3230. MS. HEER ISMAIL SOHO: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
(a)Is it a fact that construction work of wheat quality testing laboratory at Karachi is continue/in-progress;
(b)If answer to (a) above be in the affirmative, the details thereof?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
(a)Yes. It is a fact that construction work of Wheat Quality, Testing Laboratory at Karachi is in progress. The details are as under:-
Progress Report of Wheat Quality Testing Laboratory
Soil Testing preparation of complete Structure Drawing & Design including Services from Architect of Repute
Completed
Main Building Ground Floor
Finishing in progress
RCC Parking Shed
Completed
Compound Wall with steel gates
Completed
Underground tank
Completed
Over head tank
Completed
External Development
Completed
KESC Energization
KW&SB demand note
Sui Gas demand note
Anti termite treatment
Internal/External Electric work
Work in progress
Main cabling work/panel board
Street lights poles light
WSSF
Work in progress
(b)A full-fledged building comprising of four laboratories with scientific equipments to check the quality of wheat.
*3231. MS. HEER ISMAIL SOHO: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-
Detail/number of new godowns programmed to be constructed during 2009-2010 alongwith number of godowns constructed/ under construction upto 30-04-2010?
ANSWER
NAWABZADA MIR NADIR ALI KHAN MAGSI,Minister for Food:
No new construction is under way during current financial year (2009-10). However, a Pubic Private Partnership initiative for construction of Silos is under process. Additionally, construction of steel silos in Landhi is also being processed. PC-I has been submitted to the concerned. Besides this, the renovation/rehabilitation of existing Godowns in Karachi and interior Sindh, is under way as per detail:-
1.Rehabilitation/Special Repair of SGG-I, II & III Landhi, Karachi;
2.Rehabilitation/Renovation of Existing Godowns is Sindh (Phase-I).
After completion of construction/renovation & rehabilitation work in respect of these schemes, the overall storage capacity will be enhanced by at least 50,000 Metric Tones.
