Rs 31,797.221 mln released for NTDC/PEPCO projects so far.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has released funds amounting to Rs 31,797.221 million during the first half of the current fiscal year (July-December) to execute various projects of National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) and Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2020-21) against the total allocation of Rs 39,649.980 million.

According to the official data, the government has authorized/disbursed an amount of Rs 5,978.990 million as local component while Rs 25,818.231 million foreign component for the projects.

Meanwhile, the government has also released a sum of Rs 44,072.529 million for various water resource projects under annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal year 2020-21 so far.

According to the data of Planning Commission, an amount of Rs 81,250 million was allocated for various water resource sectors in the current fiscal year. Out of total allocation, domestic share was Rs 67,752 million while foreign component was estimated as 13,499 million. An amount of Rs 33,876 million was released from domestic share while Rs 10,196.529 million was received under foreign component so far. An amount of Rs 16,000 million has been...

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