Islamabad: The federal government has released a sum of PKR 365.231 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) – a news source reported.
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According to the Planning Ministry, the amount sanctioned includes funds worth PKR 145.34 billion for federal ministries, PKR 169.48 billion for corporations, and PKR 30.28 billion for special areas.
A sum of PKR 157.587 billion against a total budgeted allocation of PKR 185.2 has been released for various development projects of the National Highway Authority (NHA). The planning ministry also released PKR 16.99 billion, out of a proposed figure of PKR 28.065 billion, for Pakistan Railways.
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An amount of PKR 28.2 billion out of the budgeted PKR 78 billion has been released for various development projects and schemes of the Water Resources Division. The ministry also released PKR 11.9 billion, out of PKR 33.6 billion, for NTDC and PEPCO.