CM Punjab Petrol Subsidy Scheme — Rs. 100/Litre Discount for Bikers & Farmers

Pakistan's federal fuel price has been on a relentless climb, and at the time this scheme launched, petrol had been pushed to over Rs. 458 per litre nationwide following a federal petroleum levy hike. A province cannot override the national pump price — what it can do is subsidise specific groups at the point of sale. Punjab's government had two broad options: cut prices for everyone at every pump (expensive, and the benefit mostly flows to people who can already afford SUVs and large cars), or target the subsidy at the vehicles that the working class and small farmers actually depend on. CM Maryam Nawaz's administration chose the second path, and structured it as the CM Punjab Petrol Subsidy Scheme, delivered entirely through a new digital platform called Maryam Ko Batayen (MKB) — literally "Tell Maryam" — which doubles as Punjab's broader citizen-feedback and relief-distribution channel.

The logic is simple: a 70cc–125cc motorbike or an auto-rickshaw is rarely a luxury vehicle in Punjab — it is how someone gets to work, ferries customers, or runs a small delivery business. So the scheme caps the benefit at a 20-litre monthly quota per registered two/three-wheeler, discounted by a flat Rs. 100 per litre. At the petrol price level seen at launch, that meant riders were effectively paying roughly Rs. 350 less per litre than the full pump rate for their first 20 litres each month — a saving of up to Rs. 2,000 monthly, which is a meaningful chunk of a daily-wage or small-business income in Punjab.

Farmers get a parallel but structurally different benefit. Since tractors and agricultural machinery run on diesel rather than petrol, and fuel needs scale with land size rather than a fixed daily commute, the farmer tier ties the Rs. 100/litre diesel subsidy to registered acreage rather than a flat monthly cap — a 5-acre landholding draws a proportionally larger fuel allocation than a 1-acre plot, on top of direct cash assistance layered in separately.

It's tempting to read "Rs. 100 per litre" and assume both groups get the same deal. They don't — the unit of measurement that caps your benefit is completely different, and that distinction matters when you're deciding what to verify before applying.

For a biker, the math is straightforward: 20 litres is 20 litres, whether you ride a 70cc Honda CD-70 or a 125cc bike — engine size doesn't change your quota, only your eligibility to apply in the first place. For a farmer, the calculation depends on what's recorded against your CNIC in the Fard (land record), since the subsidy scales per acre rather than capping at a flat number. This also means a farmer with a larger, accurately-updated land record will draw a meaningfully bigger diesel allocation than someone whose Fard hasn't been updated after inheritance or a recent land purchase — making it worth visiting the local Patwari or Arazi Record Centre to confirm your land record is current before applying.

First choose which category applies to you, then answer honestly.

An important practical detail many applicants overlook: the subsidy is linked to the CNIC printed on the vehicle's RC (Registration Certificate) book. If you bought your motorbike second-hand and never formally transferred ownership, the system will check the original owner's CNIC — not yours — and your application will fail verification even though you're the one riding it daily. This is exactly why the government bundled free registration and transfer into this scheme: to remove the cost barrier that usually stops people from updating ownership records.