Govt Reconstitutes Steering Committee On Sustainable Development Goals.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has reconstituted the Steering Committee on Sustainable Development Goals to oversee the distribution of Rs 70 billion allocated in the PSDP 2022-23 for SDGs.

Under the revised guidelines for SDG achievement programme, the government seems giving high priority to gas supply schemes with unlimited funding under Sustainable Development Goals for the such schemes, official notification available with The Nation reveals.

The 25 members Steering Committee on Sustainable Development Goals will be headed by Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and it will comprise of Federal Minister, Members National Assembly, secretaries of various ministries/divisions and provisional Chief Secretaries .

The SDGs Achievement Programme will help achieve SDGs and be responsive in nature and make interventions as per demands of the people of the area/region to meet on-ground difficulties and address the actual needs of the community in different socio-economic regions.

Under the procedure for implementing the programme, it is noted that at least, 10 residents of the area, will identify the scheme(s), and the scheme(s) with estimated cost ranging between Rs. 0.25 million to Rs. 50 million shall be included in the programme. There will be no upper limit for gas sector schemes to enable Sui companies i.e. M/s SNGPL and M/s SSGCL to undertake projects having highest cost. In case of the power sector scheme(s), the lower limit shall be Rs. 0.15 million.

Interestingly, the guidelines said that unspent funds/savings against gas development schemes can be spent in any district/province for new and old gas development schemes with the approval of the SAP Steering Committee. The savings of other sector schemes can be utilized against new schemes under SAP in the same District.

The schemes shall be forwarded by the residents to the concerned deputy commissioners for processing and approval from the approving forum as per rules/policy/instructions. The request of schemes may also be forwarded by the residents to the federal executing agencies of respective Ministries / Divisions for processing and approval from the approving forum as per rules/policy/instructions.

Steering Committee is authorized to recommend release of lump-sum allocation of proposed...

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