Loans for 10000 SMEs to benefit over one million people: Jhagra.

PESHAWAR -- Provincial Minister for Finance, Taimur Saleem Jhagra in his budget speech on Friday here informed that provincial government was making cogent efforts for the rehabilitation of economy and provision of job opportunities by providing loans to 10000 SMEs that benefit over one million people of the province.

He said with provision of interest-free loans to around 30000 business institutions over 0.5 million people would be benefitted.

The amount he said would be spent with assistance of ERKF of World Bank for creation of jobs in potentially profitable economic institutions. Under Billion Tree Tsunami project, he said 25000 extra recruitments would be made and 190.5million trees would be planted.

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