The Price Control & Commodities Management Department has launched a 24/7 digital monitoring system for sugar mills across Pakistan’s Punjab to enhance transparency, strengthen oversight, and support data-driven decision-making in the sugar sector, said Punjab Cane Commissioner Amjad Hafeez.
The Cane Commissioner noted that the Planning & Development Board has officially approved the “Digital Monitoring Scheme for the Sugar Sector” under the Annual Development Programme (ADP), marking a significant step towards real-time supervision of sugar mills in the province, according to the media reports.
According to Hafeez, the advanced digital system is designed to monitor all key stages of the sugarcane and sugar process in real time, from procurement to production and distribution. The scheme digitises the entire workflow, including sugarcane purchase records, issuance of receipts, crushing operations, sugar production, trading, transportation, and inventory tracking.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Amjad Hafeez said the digital monitoring system will allow authorities to address complaints more efficiently, strengthen regulatory oversight, and enable evidence-based policymaking. He added that payments to sugarcane growers in Punjab will be tracked through an integrated digital platform, ensuring timely disbursements and greater financial transparency.
The initiative is expected to improve governance in the sugar sector, prevent irregularities, protect the interests of growers, and enhance the effectiveness of price control measures across the province.
