The Economic Coordination Committee has approved the Chota Karobar Imdadi Package, under which the government will pay the electricity bills of small traders for three months, whenever they resume their business activities, Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar announced.
Any shop or business that has a 5-kilowatt commercial connection or an industrial connection of up to 70KW will benefit from the package.
The package is yet to be approved by the cabinet.
The minister added that a relief scheme pertaining to cash assistance to traders was also being planned and will be tabled after the first two are approved.
