Govt allocates Rs 38 bln to address environmental, IT & food security needs.

ISLAMABAD -- The federal government on Friday announced a huge amount of Rs 38 billion to address climate change, food security, and information technology (IT) needs to ensure development alongside mitigation of environmental impacts in the Budget 2022-23.

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail, in his budget speech, said that the climate change had become a serious issue for the existence of the country and the incumbent government was well aware of its hazards in the prevailing pressing time.

Ismail said the government allocated Rs10 billion for various climate change adaptation and mitigation projects which included plantation and other environmental conservation projects.

He added that the government also allocated Rs 17 billion for imparting...