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Economic Coordination Committee Approves Rs. 1.73 Bln Ramzan Relief Package To Subsidize Food Item
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published April 26, 2018 | 05:32 PM
The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet Thursday approved a Ramzan Relief Package 2018 worth Rs 1.73 billion to subsidize the prices of 19 daily use items to be provided at Utility Stores Corporation during the holy month of Ramzan
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Apr, 2018 ) :The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet Thursday approved a Ramzan Relief Package 2018 worth Rs 1.73 billion to subsidize the prices of 19 daily use items to be provided at Utility Stores Corporation during the holy month of Ramzan.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the ECC, held at PM's Office with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in chair. Among the items which would be sold out at subsidized rates at Utility Stoles included flour, sugar, cooking oil, ghee, grams, gram flour (besan), dates, rice, squashes, milk and tea.
The government will provide a subsidy of Rs. 1,733 million under the Ramzan Relief Package 2018. During the meeting, the prime minister directed that under the Ramzan package, daily use items should be provided at lower rates than the market.
The ECC also accorded approval of the extension in financial closing date of 660 KV HVDC Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line by 7 Months i.
e., upto 1st December, 2018 without doubling the amount of Performance Guarantee.
The decision has been taken to align the project with the completion of upcoming coal fired power projects being developed at Thar and near Karachi as well as 1100 MW K-2 project at Karachi. The ECC nodded to a proposal of the Power Division for raising of Rs.
100 billion through commercial banks as a fresh financing facility to be arranged through Power Holding Private Ltd. (PHPL). The loan amount will be utilized for funding the liabilities of the power distribution companies towards Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) and the sectoral entities.
The meeting also approved the revision of Cess Rates of Tobacco for the Year 2017-18 besides allowing PASSCO to export 0.5 million tons of surplus wheat at a rebate of US$ 155 per ton through sea route.
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