Gov't releases Rs 533.33 bln for development projects so far.

ISLAMABAD -- The federal government has so far authorized release of Rs 533.33 billion for various ongoing and new social sector uplift projects under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20, as against the total allocation of

Rs 701 billion.

Under its development programme, the government has released an amount of Rs 230.3 billion for federal ministries,

Rs 175.65 billion for corporations and Rs 43.46 billion for special areas, according to a latest data released by Ministry

of Planning, Development and Reform.

Out of these allocations, the government released Rs 38.5 billion for security enhancement in the country for which

the government had allocated Rs 53 billion during the year 2019-20.

An amount of Rs 81.37 billion has also been released for the blocks managed by finance division under the government's 10 years development programme.

Similarly, for Higher Education Commission, the government released an amount of Rs 27.07 billion out of its total allocation of Rs 29 billion while Rs 301.47 million were released for Pakistan Nuclear Energy Authority for which the government had allocated Rs 301.48 million in...