The cheques would be issued in August, officials are quoted saying. The Punjab Government initiated a Debt Relief Scheme for Farm Labourers and Landless Farming Members of PACS-2019, which will cover only Consumption Loans to the members of PACS advanced by District Central Cooperative Banks of Punjab through PACS. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and cooperative officials attended the meeting.