ECC approves Rs5b for Digital Information Infrastructure project

The Economic Coordination Committee has approved five billion rupees for the Digital Information Infrastructure project.

The approval was accorded during today's meeting of the ECC that was held in Islamabad with Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar in the chair.

It also approved 47.45 million rupees for the Interior Ministry and disbursement of 20 billion rupees credited to Federal Government Account by the Finance Department Government of Punjab for further disbursement to Green Corporative Initiative.

The Forum nodded extension in government's guarantee ceiling of 100 billion rupees in favor of PSO till the end of next month.

After deliberation over a summary submitted by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, the forum decided to revise the Lighthouse dues from seven rupees to 20 rupees per NRT.

To another summary of Ministry of Poverty Alleviation, the ECC asked BISP to examine the cases of 8,000 registered daily wage workers employed at the Chaman border to see whether they were already in its system, and provide support to the eligible ones from its allocated budget in consultation with the Government of Balochistan.

Regarding the Uniform Quarterly Tariff Adjustments for K-Electric Consumers, the ECC decided that the tariff rationalization guidelines already issued to NEPRA, shall be applicable on the consumption of July, August, and September 2023 to be recovered from consumers of K-Electric in December 2023, January 2024, and February 2024, respectively.

Source: Radio Pakistan