The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has approved over eight billion rupees in favour of various ministries.
The ECC, which met in Islamabad today with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in the chair approved a Technical Supplementary Grant of 1.945 billion rupees in favor of the Ministry of Defence, 5.276 million rupees for the National Commission on the Status of Women, 2,583.124 million rupees for Information and Broadcasting, 1.5 billion rupees for Federal Education and Professional Training, and 650.357 million rupees for the Ministry of Interior.
Additionally, the ECC approved a request from the Ministry of Interior to settle outstanding liabilities of 1.72 billion rupees with M/s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. This payment is to clear the remaining five percent of the contract cost for the Safe City Project Islamabad.
The ECC approved 1.679 billion rupees to continue the Prime Minister’s Relief Package through the Utility Stores Corporation in current fiscal year.
It also banned the import of Polyol blended with HCFC-141b and HCFC-142b with effect from the end of this month.
The summary containing proposal of declaring Warehousing as Industry also got ECC’s assent.
