Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Federal Government has constituted an eleven member ‘National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Agriculture Transformation’ led by the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Food Security, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema to ensure smooth implementation of recommendations of Agriculture Transformation Plan. A notification issued recently by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said that the committee has been tasked to review the implementation progress of the interventions under Agriculture Transformation Plan, to identify impediments in implementation and to make required decisions and issue instructions to the relevant Ministries/Divisions/Departments and organizations and monitor progress and implementation.
Jamshed Iqbal Cheema SAPM on Food Security will be the convener while Abid Qaiyum Sulehri, Member Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, representatives from the Ministry of Food Security & Research, Planning Development & Special Initiatives, Finance Division, Industries & Production, FBR, Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan, all Chief Secretaries and all provincial agriculture, livestock and fisheries secretaries will be the members of this committee.
The Committee will also monitor and facilitate timely processing and approvals required for implementation of the Agriculture Transformation Plan and any other Agriculture related interventions assigned by the Prime Minister. The committee will at least have once a week meeting and brief the Prime Minister fortnightly on impediments, recommendations for improvement and overall progress on implementation of Prime Minister’s policy guidelines.
