The office of the Industries, Prices, and Weights & Measures was established in Rahim Yar Khan in 1960. It is currently working under the following Acts / Rules:
- The Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding Act 1977
- The Punjab Weights and Measures (international system) Enforcement Act 1975 & Rules, 1976.
- The Partnership Act 1932
Weights and Measures
The District Officer (Industries) also enforces Weights and Measures regime under the Punjab Weights and Measures (International System) Enforcement Act 1975.The Weights and Measures regime extends to following establishments in the district:
| Establishment Name | Quantity | |||
| Petrol Pumps | 300 | |||
| CNG Stations | 15 | |||
| Shops | 18,700 | |||
| Industrial Units | 353 | |||
| Weigh Bridges | 124 | |||
| Dealers (W&M) | 04 |
Rahim Yar Khan is a sugarcane growing district. Accordingly, 06 sugar mills were established here:
Functional
| Sugar Mills | Status | |||
| Chaudhary Sugar Mills Ltd. | Closed | |||
| Eithad Sugar Mills, Karmabad | Functional | |||
| Hamza Sugar Mills Ltd. Jetha Bhutta Khanpur | Functional | |||
| Jamal Din Wali Sugar Mills Jamal Din Wali | Functional | |||
| RYK Sugar Mills Ltd. Mouza Puraran Sharif, Janpur, Liaquatpur | Functional | |||
| United Sugar Mills Ltd. Bakhshabad Sadiqabad |
Functions
District Industries functions are mentioned below:
- Total firms registered as business sites are 1933
- Industrial Directory
- Pre-Investment study books
- Authentic Industrial data
- Helpful for the guidance of investors for establishment of business at small as well as on large scale
- Monitoring
- Evaluation
- Fixation
- Notification
- Control
- Stabilization
Registration of Societies under act 1860
| Registered Madaris | 316 |
| Registered Mosques | 54 |
| Charitable & Religious Societies | 114 |
Implementation of Industrial Statistical Act. 1942 Regarding Updating of District Pre-Investment Studies
Pre-investment study is being updated after every 01 year by visits and tours through the whole district and is available in booklets from the District Officer's (E & IP) office. Industry zone and estate or negative area is already declared in district Rahim Yar Khan in order to see matter of setting up new industries. Development of industrial estates and technological parks, industrial exhibitions and investors protection:
| Name: | Industrial Estate Rahimyarkhan |
| Location: | 20 km Rahim Yar Khan city at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar road, Rahim Yar Khan |
| Area: | 455 Acres |
Liaison with chamber of commerce & industry and feed back to industries & mineral development Punjab. Office is having close liaison with the Chamber of Commerce and industries at Rahim Yar Khan.