90% supplementary grants linked to COVID-19: Hammad Azhar.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Industries and Production Hamamd Azhar on Tuesday said that 90 percent of total supplementary demands for grants for fiscal year 2020-21 were linked to COVID-19 related expenditures.

Responding to opposition members' comments on supplementary grants in the National Assembly here, the minister informed the House that the government reduced the supplementary grants from Rs600 billion in 2017-18 to Rs222 billion in first year of PTI government.

He said during 2017-18, when the PML-N government approved supplementary grants of Rs 600 billion, there was no disaster, COVID-19 or earthquake.

Responding to the opposition's query over supplementary grant for PM House, the minister clarified that since National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was part of PM House...

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