The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet here on Monday approved technical supplementary grants (TSGs) of Rs20.2 billion for the Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Program (SAP) and flood-effected farmers.
The meeting of the cabinet committee was presided virtually over by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, according to a press statement issued by the finance ministry.
According to the details, the ECC approved a TSG of Rs.17 billion to finance schemes under the Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Programme (SAP).
It also approved the TSG of Rs3.2 billion for the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) to support flood-affected farmers.
The cabinet committee deferred the TSG summary for the conduct of 7th population and housing census, the statement added.
Earlier in the day, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue apprised the Pakistani-American IT/Tech entrepreneurs that the government was according to priority attention to the IT/ Tech sector to tap its true potential.
In a virtual meeting, the entrepreneurs along with Minister for Economic Affairs, Ayaz Sadiq, the finance minister said that the country’s tech-savvy youth were an immense resource, which needed to be optimally tapped for the IT sector’s growth.
State Minister for Finance and Revenue, Ms. Aisha Ghaus Pasha; Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed and Ambassador Masood Khan along with other members of the Pakistan...
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