Published on, Sept. 1 -- September 1, 2025 1:10 AM

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Businessmen Panel (BMP) has welcomed the Economic Coordination Committee's (ECC) decision to approve the Risk Coverage Scheme for small farmers and underserved areas, urging the State Bank of Pakistan to notify the scheme without any further delay.

FPCCI former president and BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar said the approval was an important step toward correcting a long-standing imbalance in agricultural credit distribution where the bulk of financing continues to be consumed by large landholders in Punjab and Sindh, leaving millions of small farmers in other provinces struggling for survival.

Anjum Nisar pointed out that sma...