Reform Initiatives 2025-26

REFORM INITIATIVES FOOD DEPARTMENT KKHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PERIOD 2025-26

Name of initiative

Current status.

Impact/Results.

Land acquisition for construction of Food Grain storages in

Merged Areas.

The ADP scheme “200038-Acquisition of land for Food Grain Storages in the Merged Districts” has been approved at a cost of Rs. 469.500 million to purchase land in the 07 Merged districts for construction of food grain Godowns, as no reserve

centres existed in these districts.

S. No	District	Land Required (in Kanal)
I.	Bajaur	45
II.	Kurram	25
III.	Mohmand	20
IV.	Orakzai	10
V.	Khyber	45
VI.	South Waziristan	30
VII.	North Waziristan	25

1. Availability of land for establishment and maintenance of the Provincial Reserve Centres in the 07 merged districts in order to ensure availability and sustainability of wheat enhanced food security.

2. Quick and efficient response/relief during natural disasters in the shape of maintaining sufficient wheat stock as strategic reserve.

3. Enabling these 07 districts to have 65000 MT capacities for storage of food grains (wheat).

Rehabilitation and

Enhancement of storage

Capacity

Currently the following 07 schemes are underway under ADP 2025-26 at accumulative cost of Rs. 3204.895 million in order to construct Food Grain Godowns in Settled Areas (KP) as well as Merged Areas (AIP) for the purpose to enhance the existing storage capacity of wheat i.e. 417000 MT of the province to storage capacity of 495000 MT. The break up is given below:

I. 170616-Construction of Food Grain Godowns of 3000 Ton Capacity in District Shangla.

II. 220171-Construction of Food Grain Godowns of 5000 MT Capacity in District Charsadda.

III. 220172-Rehabilitation of NRC Godowns at Azakhel District Nowshera.

IV. 240291-Rehabilitation of flood affected infrastructure of FGG in D.I Khan, Lakki Marwat, Kohistan Upper and Dir Lower (Timargara and Trai)

V. 200039- Construction of Food Grain Godowns in the Merged Districts

VI. Standardization & Repair/Rehabilitation of Food Grain Godowns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

VII. Innovative Interventions in Food Sector.

Area	Existing Storage Capacity (MMT)	Under Construction Storage Capacity (MMT)	Total Storage capacity (MMT)
AIP	0	0.065	-
KP	0.41745	0.013	-
	0.41745	0.078	0.495

1. Availability/accessibility and sustainability of Wheat enhanced food security.

2. Quick and efficient response/relief during natural disasters in the shape of maintaining sufficient wheat stock as strategic reserve.

3. Major repair works in the existing Food Grain Godowns to bring it to in working conditions and safeguard the wheat stock and be able in a position to maintain sufficient wheat stock for provision to the local flour mills, and ensure availability of wheat flour easily and at reasonable price to the local population.

Enhancement of

Registration fee of

carriage

contractors, Annual

Renewal fee of Food

Grain License for

Dealers, Flour Mills

and security/ Bank

guarantee in order to safeguard the Government interest.

S. No	Kind of Tax/Fee. Fine	Existing Rate (Rs)
I.	Renewal of Registration of A-class contractor	50,000
II.	Renewal of Registration of B-class contractor	25,000
III.	Renewal of Registration of C-class contractor	12,000
IV.	Food Grain License fee/ Renewal fee (FG Dealers)	1,000
V.	Food Grain License fee/ Renewal fee (Flour mills)	10,000

Revenue of the Government has been boosted with increase of rates of renewal fee.