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ADBP delivers 791 tractors to B'stan growers

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan has delivered 791 tractors to the growers of Balochistan during the first six months of the current fiscal.

ADBP under a special subsidised scheme has to fund supply of 1,000 tractors to the farming community of Balochistan during the current fiscal.

ADBP will also market the 574 tractors from Turkey for the import of which arrangements are being made by the government. During the last seven years the bank has financed delivery of 112,593 tractors to the farming community of the country under the subsidy schemes.