Therefore, to address this issue, SBP has introduced a Livestock Insurance Scheme for borrowers to mitigate risk of loss of livestock due to disease, natural calamities & accidents.   To ensure diversity of agri. financing institutions, SBP has included Microfinance Banks and Islamic Banks into the agri. Indicative Target scheme of SBP.
The effects of all these factors, which have caused HICP inflation to remain above 2% since mid-2000, should, however, gradually diminish, making it likely that annual HICP inflation will start to fall in the course of this year and be below 2% in 2002. The protracted period of time in which inflation has remained above 2% should not have medium-term consequences.