ECC approved a summary from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, seeking a Technical Supplementary Grant of two billion rupees from its allocated budget of 5.6 billion rupees

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in Islamabad today (Friday) approved the allocation of 250 million rupees as Government Paid-Up Capital for the operations of the Jinnah Medical Complex & Research Centre.

The construction of a cutting-edge 1,000-bed academic medical center in Islamabad will be aided by this allocation. The ECC approved the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s summary for a Technical Supplementary Grant of two billion rupees from its allocated budget of five. 6 billion rupees. The approved grant will be used to meet the liabilities of payments for outstanding advertisement dues owed to media houses.

The ECC further approved a proposal from the Ministry of Defence for a technical supplementary grant amounting to 430 million rupees for the execution of Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Programme schemes in the province of Punjab during the current financial year.